social 8 final exam Flashcards
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the adjustment of individual and group behaviour to confirm with the main system of values in a given society, class or social group.
Adaptation
Japan’s indigenous people
Ainu
land suitable for farming and agriculture
Arable
forcing a group to the people to acquire the characteristics of a majority group
assimilation
the name given to the civilization created by a nomadic tribe who settled in the Valley of Mexico in the 15th century
Aztec
A disease that spread throughout Europe and Killed 25 million people in the mid 1300s
Black death
the area of Jurisdiction of Islamic rulers
Caliphate
Aztec school for nobles
Calmecac
A politically independent city and the rural area around it
City-state
relating to citizenship or civic (government) affairs
Civic
Required by law
Compulsory
word the Spanish used to describe the leader of an expedition to colonize other lands
conquistador
Descendants of Spanish settlers in Mexico
Creoles
a Christian military expedition
Crusade
a powerful Japanese landowner or noble
Daimyo
Japanese academics who learned the Dutch language and educated themselves about Western ways
Dutch Schoolers
the period in Japanese history between 1600 and 1853; also called the Tokugawa period
Edo
the Spanish system that gave Spanish settlers land grants when they arrived in a colony
encomienda
a disease that spreads rapidly and affects many individuals at the same time
epidemic
Rules about right and wrong behaviour
ethical codes
actions and attitudes of a state or country whose goal is to expand its power and territory
expansionism
the system of political organisation during the Middle Ages in which the lord owned the land and all others served him
feudalism
the study of land, features, and inhabitants of the earth
Geography
the social system which status is ranked and power is concentrated in the higher ranks
hierarchy
