Semester 1 World Studies vocab

Question 1

A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to a king in return for loyalty and military service

Answer 1

Feudalism

Question 2

belief in one god

Answer 2

Monotheism

Question 3

Belief in many gods

Answer 3

polytheistic

Question 4

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another

Answer 4

Cultural Diffusion

Question 5

A military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields, greek

Answer 5

Phalanx

Question 6

elite force of the Ottoman army/empire

Answer 6

Janizary

Question 7

a common person, member of the lower class

Answer 7

Plebeian

Question 8

acceptance of people who held different religious beliefs

Answer 8

Religious Toleration

Question 9

The taking away of a person’s right of membership in a Christian church; banishment

Answer 9

Excommunication

Question 10

in Hindu belief, a person’s essential self ( their soul)

Answer 10

Atman

Question 11

a struggle or fight against the enemies of Islam; the spiritual struggle within oneself against sin

Answer 11

Jihad

Question 12

A state that pays tribute in money or goods to a more powerful nation

Answer 12

Tributary State

Question 13

Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.

Answer 13

Samurai

Question 14

The percentage of a country’s people who can read and write.

Answer 14

Literacy Rate

Question 15

a professional soldier hired by a foreign army, usually used for a hired kill

Answer 15

Mercenary

Question 16

a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

Answer 16

Republic

Question 17

the agreement between a nobleman and a king or queen

Answer 17

feudal contract

Question 18

the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina

Answer 18

Quran

Question 19

A Muslim place of worship

Answer 19

Mosque

Question 20

to absorb fully or make one’s own; to adopt as one’s own; to adapt fully

Answer 20

Assimilate

Question 21

an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests.

Answer 21

Tribune

Question 22

a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions

Answer 22

Schism

Question 23

The state of enlightenment for Buddhists.

Answer 23

Nirvana

Question 24

the process of choosing to accept some aspects of another culture, while discarding or modifying others

Answer 24

Selective Borrowing