Chapter 12 Flashcards
(24 cards)
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- something gained by working for it
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- achievement
1
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- belief in gods and spirits
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- shamanism
2
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- payment to a ruler as a sign of submission or for protection
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- tribute
3
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- an expanse of water with many scattered islands
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- archipelago
4
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- to set apart from others
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- isolate
5
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- belief in spirits that are outside of the body
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- animism
6
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- basic laws of a state that define the role of government and guarantee it’s obligation to the people
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- constitution
7
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- to make sure; guarantee
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- ensure
8
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- representing; in the place of
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- behalf
9
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- a warrior who served a Japanese lord and lived by a strict code of loyalty
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- samurai
10
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- a military governor who ruled the Japan
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- shogun
11
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- work; the tasks that workers perform to pay
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- labor
12
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- a person under the protection of a lord to whom he has vowed loyalty
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- vassal
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- the system of service between a lord and the vassals who have sworn loyalty to the lord
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- feudalism
14
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- a group of merchants or craftspeople during medieval times
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- guild
15
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- a religious groups
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- sect
16
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- sports that involve combat and self-defense
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- martial arts
17
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- mental exercise to reach a greater spiritual awareness
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- maditation
18
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- a mountain that may release hot or melted rocks from inside the Earth
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- volcano
19
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- a huge ocean wave caused by an undersea earthquake
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- tsunami
20
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- related to the sea or seafaring
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- maritime
21
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- a system in which all parts are connected
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- network
22
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- a distinctive form or type of something
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- style
23
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- a custom or practice that many people accept and use
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- institution
