For Ms. Duke's Pre-AP World History class
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| 206722999 | Aryans | An Indo-European people who, about 1500 BC, began to migrate into the Indian subcontinent. | 0 | |
| 206723000 | Brahmins | In Aryan society a member of the social class made up of priests | 1 | |
| 206723001 | Kshatriyas | In Aryan society, a member of the social class made up of rulers and warriors | 2 | |
| 206723002 | Vaishyas | In Aryan society, a member of the social class made up of peasants and traders. | 3 | |
| 206723003 | Shudras | In Aryan society, a member of the social class made up of laborers | 4 | |
| 206723004 | Torah | The five first books of the Hebrew bible, they are considered the most sacred in Jewish culture. | 5 | |
| 206723005 | Monotheism | A belief in a single god | 6 | |
| 206723006 | Canaan | The area of Palestine that was originally home to the Hebrews. | 7 | |
| 206723007 | Israel | A kingdom of the united Hebrews in Palestine, lasting from about 1020 to 922 BC; later, the nothernmost of the two Hebrew kingdoms; now the Jewish nation that was established in 1948. | 8 | |
| 206723008 | Palestine | A region at the eastern end of the Mediterranean sea where the Phoenicians once lived. | 9 | |
| 206723009 | Judah | A Hebrew kingdom in Palestine, established around 922 B.C. | 10 | |
| 206723010 | Bureaucracy | A system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of the government | 11 | |
| 206723011 | Autocracy | A government in which a ruler has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner. | 12 | |
| 206723012 | Matriarchal | Relating to a social system in which the mother is the head of the family | 13 | |
| 206723013 | Silk Roads | A system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along which traders carries silk and other trade goods. | 14 | |
| 206723014 | Civil Service | The administrative departments of a government especially those in which employees are hired on the basis of their scores on examination. | 15 | |
| 206723015 | monopoly | A group's exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods. | 16 | |
| 206723016 | assimilation | The adoption of a conqueror's culture by a conquered people. | 17 | |
| 214647885 | Caste System | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life | 18 | |
| 214647886 | Polytheistic | worshiping or believing in more than one god | 19 | |
| 214647887 | Karma | Your good and bad actions will impact your future life (Hinduism) | 20 | |
| 214647888 | Reincarnation | An individual or social spirit is born again and again until moksha is achieved | 21 | |
| 214647889 | Right Understanding, Thought, Speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and contemplation | Eightfold path | 22 | |
| 214647890 | Five Precepts | Do not kill, Do not steal, do not misbehave, do not lie, do not abuse alcohol or drugs | 23 | |
| 214647891 | Buddha | one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment | 24 | |
| 214647892 | Dharma | the religious and moral duties of an individual | 25 | |
| 214647893 | Sangha | Buddhism's religious community | 26 | |
| 214647894 | King Asoka | The Mauryan king who unified India, renounced violence, and established Buddhism as the official religion. | 27 | |
| 214647895 | Traders | How was Buddhism and Hinduism spread? | 28 | |
| 214647896 | Confucius | Chinese philosopher and teacher; his beliefs,known as Confucianism greatly influenced Chinese life | 29 | |
| 214647897 | Analects of Confucius | are considered a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples, as well as the discussions they held. | 30 | |
| 214647898 | Ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, older brother and younger brother, friend and friend | The five basic relationships of Confucianism | 31 | |
| 214647899 | Legalism | a Chinese political philosophy based on the idea that a highly efficient and powerful government is the key to social order | 32 | |
| 214647900 | Great Wall of China | A huge wall that is over 6000 miles, which was built to keep the Mongolians in the north out of China. | 33 | |
| 214647901 | Emperor Wudi | Used Confucianism scholars as advisers and established schools to teach potential government workers Confucianism. Was the ruler of the Han Dynasty | 34 | |
| 214647902 | Abraham | "Father" or first of the Hebrew people; God commanded him to move his people to Canaan from Ur according to the Book of Genesis. | 35 | |
| 214647903 | Moses | The man who God commanded to lead the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt. He later received the 10 commandments from God. | 36 | |
| 214647904 | 10 Commandments | Code of laws delivered to Moses by God to regulate social and religious behavior. | 37 | |
| 214647905 | Covenant | mutual promise made between God and Abraham that God would protect the Hebrews if the obeyed him. | 38 | |
| 214647906 | filial piety | respect for parents and elders | 39 |
