SS Asia Test
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Created by:
skiguy on February 2, 2010
Subjects:
world history, 7th grade, O'Callahan
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This is the flashcard set for the social studies Asia test in 7th grade O'Callahan.
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31 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Confucianism | the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity |
| Buddhism | the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth |
| Daoism | philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events |
| aristocrat | n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility. |
| meritocracy | the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth |
| mandate | a document giving an official instruction or command |
| currency | the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used |
| economy | the system of production and distribution and consumption |
| despot | a cruel and oppressive dictator |
| isolation | the act of isolating something |
| Shinto | the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma |
| regent | members of a governing board |
| courtier | an attendant at the court of an emperor |
| shogun | a hereditary military dictator of Japan |
| daimyo | a japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai |
| samurai | a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy |
| denomination | a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith |
| succession | a following of one thing after another in time |
| haiku | an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines |
| bunraku | Japanese drama that features wooden, elaborately costumed marionettes that are about four feet tall; also called Doll Theater |
| koto | thirteen-string Japanese harp |
| Steppe | Treeless plains, especially the high, flat expanses of northern Eurasia, which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Good for breeding horses: essential to mongol military. (326) |
| clan | group of people related by blood or marriage or friendship |
| Khan | a Mongol ruler (given to a great ruler) |
| Ghazi | Islamic Warrior who fights to expand the frontiers of Islam |
| Sultan | the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire) |
| Grand Vizier | the Ottoman sultan's chief minister, who led the meetings of the imperial council |
| divan | a Muslim council chamber or law court |
| janissary | Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826. ) |
| millet | in the Ottoman empire, a religious community of non-Muslims |
| salary | something that is recurring |
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