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| 14794694741 | region | an area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features. why is the great lakes a region? one common feature/characteristic | 0 | |
| 14784051460 | causation | A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in another variable. | 1 | |
| 14784054962 | comparison | Identifying similarities and differences of two situations. | 2 | |
| 14784054963 | change over time | evolution | 3 | |
| 14784059154 | xxxxxxdynasty | a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time | 4 | |
| 14784066448 | xxxxxconfucianism | The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct. | 5 | |
| 14784066449 | xxxxxxfilial piety | respect for parents | 6 | |
| 14784066450 | xxxxxcivil service exam | a test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government | 7 | |
| 14784068581 | xxxxxscholar gentry | Chinese class created by the marital linkage of the local land-holding aristocracy with the office-holding shi; superseded shi as governors of China. | 8 | |
| 14822679627 | civilization | A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes | 9 | |
| 14822680832 | religion | the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. | 10 | |
| 14822681444 | hearth | a point of origin | 11 | |
| 14822682260 | diffusion | The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time | 12 | |
| 14853426209 | dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family | 13 | |
| 14853426210 | confucianism | The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct. | 14 | |
| 14853426211 | filial piety | In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors. | 15 | |
| 14853429994 | civil service exam | In Imperial China starting in the Han dynasty, it was an exam based on Confucian teachings that was used to select people for various government service jobs in the nationwide administrative bureaucracy. taken over analects | 16 | |
| 14853429995 | scholar gentry | The Chinese class of well-educated men from whom many bureaucrats were chosen | 17 | |
| 14853620729 | hinduism | A religion native to India, featuring belief in many gods and reincarnation | 18 | |
| 14853620730 | caste system | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life | 19 | |
| 14853620731 | brahmins | The priest varna of the caste system. | 20 | |
| 14853623589 | samsara/reincarnation | The cycle of life, death, and rebirth | 21 | |
| 14853623590 | karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 22 | |
| 14853627308 | dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties | 23 | |
| 14853627309 | enlightenment | a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly | 24 | |
| 14853627310 | sufism | A group of devotional movements in Islam | 25 | |
| 14853629322 | bhakti movement | Indian movement that attempted to transcend the differences between Hinduism and Islam | 26 | |
| 14853629323 | vedas | Collections of hymns, songs, prayers, and rituals honoring the barious gods of the Aryans. holy text | 27 | |
| 14853643464 | buddhism | the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth | 28 | |
| 14853647968 | siddhartha gautama | Founder of Buddhism | 29 | |
| 14853647969 | theravada/mahayana | The two types of Buddhism | 30 | |
| 14853650241 | bodhisattvas | Buddhas-to-be who stayed in the world after enlightenment to help others on the path to salvation | 31 | |
| 14853650242 | nirvana | a condition of great peace or happiness | 32 | |
| 14853650243 | judaism | A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament. | 33 | |
| 14853651985 | christianity | the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices. | 34 | |
| 14853651986 | abraham | the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac | 35 | |
| 14853651987 | jesus of nazareth | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth | 36 | |
| 14853653896 | ten commandments | A set of laws for responsible behavior, which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God. | 37 | |
| 14853653897 | isaac and ishmael | the two sons of Abraham from whom the Jewish and the Arab people are believed to have descended | 38 | |
| 14853653898 | palestine | A territory in the Middle East on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Disputed with Israel. | 39 | |
| 14853675633 | yahweh | Hebrew name for God | 40 | |
| 14853656493 | muhammad | Founder of Islam | 41 | |
| 14853656494 | five pillars | beliefs that all Muslims needed to carry out: Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, and Pilgrimage | 42 | |
| 14853656495 | ramadan | the ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset. | 43 | |
| 14853658315 | hajj | Pilgrimage to Mecca | 44 | |
| 14853658316 | muslims | Followers of Islam | 45 | |
| 14853658317 | sunni | A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad | 46 | |
| 14853660748 | shiite | A group of Islamic religion that believes that its religious leader should be chosen based on heredity. | 47 | |
| 14923148555 | isaac and ishmael | the two sons of Abraham from whom the Jewish and the Arab people are believed to have descended | 48 |
