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1
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Belief system in Africa that believes every single being has a soul.

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Animism

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2
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Roman system of transporting clean water through gravity.

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aqueduct

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3
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European nobility.

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Aristocracy

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4
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Showed the position of the planets and stars to show information about them.

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Arstosble

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5
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Ruler with absolute power.

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Autocrat

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6
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Book on christianity and describes the teachings and death of jesus.

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Bible

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7
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High Ranking Priest in Hindu Society - Top of the caste system

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Brahaman

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Devastating disease that ravaged europe and asia for many years, often resurging in severity many times.The disease is fatal if not treated and is spread via bites from infected fleas, cough droplets, and through contact with infected bodily fluids, the third type of plague infection

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Bubonic plague (black plague)

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9
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A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives

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Bureaucracy

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10
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Japanese samurai’s “code of honor” - similar to Middle Ages knights’ Chivalry Code

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Bushido

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11
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Islamic successors of the prophet Muhammed

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Caliph

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12
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Form of writing derived from Islamic and Muslim cultures

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Calligraphy

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13
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When an agricultural crop is grown to sell and make profit

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Cash crop economy

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14
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Behavior knights followed during the middle ages

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Chivalry

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15
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An advanced human society, culture, or way of life in an area

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Civilization

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16
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The swap of Old and New World diseases, animals, plants, and cultures

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Columbian exchange

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17
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Economy where production, investments, prices, and incomes are determined by the government.

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Command economy

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18
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An increase in commerce in Europe after the Middle Ages.

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commercial revolution

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19
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A Spanish conqueror of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

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conquistador

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20
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An assembly for church reform called by Pope Urban II on November 18, 1095, which became the occasion for initiating the First Crusade.

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Council of Clermont

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21
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Each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to the Holy Land in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.

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Crusades

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22
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Spread of cultures, goods and ideas through trade or travel

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Cultural diffusion

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23
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System of writing in ancient Mesopotamia similar to the hieroglyphic writing in Egypt

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Cuneiform

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24
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Removal of trees in an area

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Deforestation

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25
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a dry region with little to no water and vegetation around

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Desert

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26
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The process where fertile land becomes a desert

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Desertification

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27
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The eternal and inherit nature of reality

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Dharma

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28
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The spread of people from their original homeland

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Diaspora

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29
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A form of government in which the policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible

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Direct Democracy

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30
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an ancient idea that began with Europe’s medieval kings.

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Divine Right

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31
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institutional act of religious censure used to end or at least regulate the communion of a member of a congregation with other members

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Excommunicate

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32
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the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals

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Feudalism

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33
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well-born, genteel and well-bred people” of high social class

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Gentry

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34
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deriving from the middle ages, a dark or mysterious culture

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Gothic

35
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a group of merchants who have power over a certain field of trade

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Guild

36
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Greek culture after Alexander the Great

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Hellinistic

37
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A sacred Catholic land that was occupied by Muslims

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Holy Land

38
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Philosophy of life that considers the welfare of humankind

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Humanism

39
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The legal code in Byzantine from 529 to 565

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Justinians Code

40
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the sum of a person’s actions in this and the next existence

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Karma

41
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consolidated earlier roman traditions into a set of laws

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Laws of the Twelve Tables

42
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A government where a monarch agrees to share power with a parliament and abide by a constitution

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Limited Monarchy

43
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Document issued in 1215 that stated that the king and his government was not above the law

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Magna Carta

44
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A Chinese political philosophy that was used in ancient and imperial China to legitimize the rule of the king or Emperor of China

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Mandate of Heaven

45
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A type of land ownership where everyone lived on the lord’s land and had a social class, where serfs were at the bottom and did all the farming and hard labor.

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Manorialism

46
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Time that lasted from the 5th century to the 15th century, mostly rural and had the bubonic plague.

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Medieval

47
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The thought to increase wealth or power of a nation through trade.

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Mercantilism

48
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a period of ancient Egyptian civilization

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Middle Kingdom

49
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A route for slave trade

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Middle Passage

50
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Religion with only one god

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Monotheistic

51
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A place of prayer for Muslims

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Mosque

52
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A feeling of patriotism towards our country

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Nationalism

53
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final stage of cultural evolution in the stone age, archeological age

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Neolithic

54
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a list of propositions for an academic distribution written in 1517 by Martin Luther

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95 theses

55
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a state of spiritual enlightenment, end of suffering

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Nirvana

56
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people who have no permanent home, gather food, and travel

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Nomad

57
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a form of government in which a small group of people hold most or all political power

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Oligarchy

58
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a religious figure/the male head of a family or tribe

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Patriarch

59
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a system where men are in authority over woman in all aspects of society

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Patriachal

60
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a period of great peace, stability, and economic prosperity in rome (translates to “roman peace”)

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Pax romana

61
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Ruler in Ancient Egypt

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Pharaoh

62
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Belief in or worship of more than one god

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Polytheistic

63
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A religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s

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Protestant Reformation

64
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English protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted to rid the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices

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Puritans

65
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the Islamic sacred book, believed to be the word of God as dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel and written down in Arabic

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Quran (koran)

66
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a person or animal that has been reborn

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Reincarnation

67
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the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th century

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Reniassance

68
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the hereditary military nobility of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century

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Samurai

69
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mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem

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Savanna

70
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division in or separation from a church or religious body.

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Schism

71
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non-religious

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Secular

72
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Official law making group or council

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Senate

73
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a person forced to work on a plot of land bound by feudalism

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Serf

74
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Islamic “right path” laws based on the teachings of the Qur’an and Muhammed

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Sharia

75
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Second most followed branch of Islam. Believe that Islam should be led by descendants of Muhammed

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Shiite

76
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Japanese religion that centered around worship and respect for nature spirits and ancestors. Believe that every living thing in nature contains a spirit.

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Shinto

77
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Japanese hereditary military leaders who were technically appointed by the emperor.

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Shogun

78
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trade route that transferred most asian goods to europe

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Silk Road

79
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the larger of the two main branches of Islam, which differs from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna, its conception of religious leadership, and its acceptance of the first three caliphs.

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Sunni

80
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The application of science for practical purposes.

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Technology

81
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A series of flat areas made on a slope, used for farming.

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Terrace

82
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A state subordinate to a more powerful neighboring state.

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Tributary

83
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a member of the lowest-caste or a person outside the caste system

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Untouchables

84
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the philosophical-religious texts of Hinduism

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Upanishads

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