Test 6

Question 1

Movable type

Answer 1

blocks of metal or wood, each bearing a single character, that can be arranged to make up a page for printing

Question 2

clan

Answer 2

a group of people descended from a common ancestor

Question 3

Genghis Khan

Answer 3

first kahn/leader of the Mongol Empire

Question 4

samurai

Answer 4

one of the professional warriors who served Japanese feudal lords

Question 5

shogun

Answer 5

in feudal Japan, a supreme military commander who ruled in the name of the emperor

Question 6

Marco Polo

Answer 6

Italian merchant and explorer who traveled to Asia

Question 7

mita

Answer 7

in the Inca empire, the requirement that all able-bodied subjects work for the state a certain number of days each year

Question 8

lineage

Answer 8

the people - living, dead, and unborn - who are descended from a common ancestor

Question 9

patrilineal

Answer 9

relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the father

Question 10

matrilineal

Answer 10

relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother

Question 11

potlatch

Answer 11

a ceremonial feast used to display rank and prosperity in some Northeast Coast tribes of Native Americans