| Term | Definition |
|---|
| draft | A system for choosing citizens to serve in an army. |
| currency | Money. |
| porcelain | A kind of clay pottery so thin it looks almost clear. |
| khan | The title given to strong Mongol leaders who sometimes brought rival clans together and created almost unstoppable fighting forces. |
| plunder | To take goods by force. |
| typhoon | A type of fierce storm. |
| shinto | A religion of Japan. The word means "the way of the gods." |
| kami | In the Shinto religion, spirits that live in all natural things. |
| regent | A person who governs in place of a ruler. |
| daimyo | A local noble in feudal Japan. |
| samurai | A Japanese warrior. |
| shogun | In Japan, a "leading general" who held all the authority. |
| chinampa | An island made from platforms of woven reeds. |
| mesa | A flat-topped hill with steep slopes. |
| pueblo | An apartment-like shelter built on a cliff ledge or mesa in what is now the Southwestern part of the United States. |
| mound builders | People who lived in the Eastern Woodlands region of North America. They got their from the mounds of earth they used to bury their dead and to build temples on. |
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