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| 11507211776 | Shinto | A Japanese religion whose followers believe that all things in the natural world are filled with divine spirits | 0 | |
| 11507226208 | Lady Murasaki | Author of the Tale of Genji | 1 | |
| 11507244077 | Taika Reforms | Attempt to remake Japanese monarch into an absolute Chinese-style emperor; included attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army. | 2 | |
| 11507260980 | Daimyo | one of the great lords who were vassals of the shogun. | 3 | |
| 11507271735 | Shogun | In feudal Japan, a noble similar to a duke. They were the military commanders and the actual rulers of Japan for many centuries while the Emperor was a powerless spiritual figure. | 4 | |
| 11507293964 | Temuchin | Genghis Khan's original name | 5 | |
| 11507297536 | Yurt | a portable dwelling used by the nomadic people of Central Asia such as Mongols, consisting of a tentlike structure of skin, felt or hand-woven textiles arranged over wooden poles. | 6 | |
| 11507329963 | Genghis Khan | Founder of the Mongol Empire. | 7 | |
| 11507340565 | Kublai Khan | (1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China. | 8 | |
| 11507351070 | Aztec | Was a loosely structured and unstable conquest state that had frequent rebellions by it's people. Conquered cities were required to Aztec rulers with goods. Every city had a big market place with large ranges of products and goods available. They believed that to stop their empire from being consumed by darkness the sun god needed the life giving force found in human blood. The believed that because the gods have she'd their blood making humans it is our right to offer our blood. | 9 | |
| 11507368586 | Andes Trade Route | extensive road system that gave Chavin's power. Mostly used to move agricultural goods by the use of Lamas. | 10 | |
| 11507386318 | Mesoamerican Trade Route | 11 | ||
| 11507402284 | Mississippi River Valley Trade Route | 12 | ||
| 11507412592 | Incas | Was a bureaucratic empire. At the top was the emperor who was an absolute rulers and was believed to be descended from the gods. Each of the 80 provinces has an Incan governer. The centralized regions had local officials appointed by the emperor or a governer. A separate set of "inspectors" provided the imperial center with an independent check on provincial officials. They used the conquered people for labor which was required periodically in each household. They also required their conquered people to learn Quechea in effort of cultural integration. They had to acknowledge major Inca deities but we're free to have their own religion. The conquered people's sons were removed from the capital of Cuzco for instruction on Inca culture and language. The Inca people had sacrifices on great public occasion and in difficult times. | 13 | |
| 11507427723 | Toltec | Powerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900-1168 C.E.). It influenced much of Mesoamerica. Aztecs claimed ties to this earlier civilization. (p. 305) | 14 | |
| 11507435283 | Mexica | what the Aztecs called themselves | 15 | |
| 11507448796 | Chinampa | A floating garden on which the Aztec grew crops | 16 | |
| 11507469051 | Waru Waru | raised beds with channels that captured and redirected rain to avoid erosion during floods and that stored water to be used during dry periods | 17 | |
| 11507485737 | Mit'a | Labor extracted for lands assigned to the state and the religion; all communities were expected to contribute; an essential aspect of Inca imperial control. | 18 |
