Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

Kow-tow

Answer 1

-The act of deep respect shown by kneeling and bowing so one’s head touches the ground
-preformed before the Emperor of China by visiting diplomats

Question 2

Tribute

Answer 2

-Payment in money, goods, or labor to a government
-china and Western Europe

Question 3

Neo-Confucianism

Answer 3

-philosophy that merged Confucianism, Buddhist, and Daoist though
-developed during the song dynasty
-became state religion of china in Ming dynasty

Question 4

Sinifcation

Answer 4

Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions

Question 5

Vassal state

Answer 5

A state with varying degrees of independence in its internal affairs, but dominated by another state in foreign affairs (tributary state)

Question 6

Bushido

Answer 6

-“the way of the warrior”
-unwritten behavior code of samurai in Japan
-emphasized virtues of loyalty, mastery of martial arts, and honor to the death

Question 7

Daimyo

Answer 7

Powerful territorial warlords in early Japan

Question 8

Samurai

Answer 8

-Mounted troops
-loyal to local lords, not the emperor

Question 9

Shogun

Answer 9

-Japanese military general (practical leader of Japan)

Question 10

Bakufu (shogunate)

Answer 10

-the feudal military dictatorship of Japan from 1192-1868
-means “tent government”

Question 11

Caliph

Answer 11

-political and religious successor to Muhammad

Question 12

Caliphate

Answer 12

-a form of Islamic government led by a caliph
-the office or jurisdiction of a caliph

Question 13

Sharia

Answer 13

-a body of law governing the lives of Muslims

Question 14

Dhimmi

Answer 14

-“people of the book”
-included Christian, Jews, and eventually Zoroastrians, Hindus, and Buddhists in Islamic territories

Question 15

Dar al-Islam

Answer 15

-“house of Islam”
-refers to lands under Islamic rule

Question 16

Jizya

Answer 16

-a yearly tax on dhimmi’s (non-Muslims) who are living permanently in Islamic land

Question 17

Umma

Answer 17

-a community of Muslims bound together by religion

Question 18

Manorial system

Answer 18

-describes economic relations between landlords and peasant laborers
-involved obligations that exchanged labor or rent for access to land and protection

Question 19

Feudalism

Answer 19

-social and political organization of the Middle Ages where lands were exchanged for oaths of allegiance and promise of loyal service

Question 20

Chivalry

Answer 20

-unwritten code for European knights
-stressed ideals like courage, loyalty, and devotion

Question 21

Serfdom

Answer 21

-form of coercive labor
-peasant legally bound to live on a lord’s estate

Question 22

Monasticism

Answer 22

-way of life where one renounces worldly pursuits to devote fully to spiritual work

Question 23

Corvee labor

Answer 23

-annual tax that is payable by labor
-used to complete state projects, and maintain roads and public facilities

Question 24

Split inheritance

Answer 24

-Inca practice of ruler descent
-all titles and political power went to successor, but wealth and land went to male descendants

Question 25

Sovereignty

Answer 25

-exclusive right to exercise supreme authority over a region or group of poeple

Question 26

Mita

Answer 26

-labor extracted form lands assigned to the state and religion
-all communities were to contribute
-essential part of Inca control

Question 27

Chinampas

Answer 27

-artificially built floating field on a shallow lake bed
-used by Aztecs to grow corn