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Global I Ch2
Global I Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Harappa | a city in the Indus River Valley civilization |
| feudalism | political system in which nobles or lords were granted the use of lands that belonged to the king and in return nobles provided loyalty and military service |
| pharoh | rule of Egypt that was seen as a God |
| monsoons | seasonal winds that brought both wet and dry seasons to India |
| polytheistic | belief in more than one god |
| theocracy | ruler that was both head of the government and religion |
| loess | fertile soil created in China along the Huang He River |
| Mandate of Heaven | In China, the rule of the country is given the divine right through this |
| cultural diffusion | blending and exchange of culture due to contact with outside civilizations through trade and war |
| dynasty | series of rulers from the same family |
| hieroglyphics | form of writing that used pictures to represent ideas and sounds |
| subcontinent | land mass separated from a continent by a natural barrier |