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| 14691657237 | Dharma | the principle of cosmic order. | 0 | |
| 14691658447 | Dynastic Cycle | rise and fall of Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven | 1 | |
| 14691660074 | Karma | The belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life. | 2 | |
| 14691661863 | Sericulture | the production of raw silk by raising silkworms | 3 | |
| 14691662814 | Syncretism | a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith | 4 | |
| 14691665152 | Bodhisattva | a person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so out of compassion in order to save suffering beings. | 5 | |
| 14691666339 | Codification | The act or process of rendering laws in written form | 6 | |
| 14691668191 | Dao/Tao | Mean "the way" of nature. Let it take its course in the world. Inaction. | 7 | |
| 14691668894 | Enlightenment | A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions. | 8 | |
| 14691670682 | Filial Piety | respect shown by children for their parents and elders | 9 | |
| 14691672787 | Rajas | leaders of ancient cities in India | 10 | |
| 14691674995 | Sanskrit Scriptures | an ancient Indic language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian languages are derived. | 11 | |
| 14691676504 | Shamanism | a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of benevolent and malevolent spirits, who typically enters into a trance state during a ritual, and practices divination and healing. | 12 | |
| 14691682152 | Sinicization | The adoption and absorption by foreign people of Chinese language, customs and culture. | 13 |
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| 11769557692 | history | the study of the past | 0 | |
| 11769557693 | historia | "to inquire" | 1 | |
| 11769557694 | Sumerians | first people to keep accounting records | 2 | |
| 11769557695 | heiroglyphs | a system of writing using symbols or pictures | 3 | |
| 11769557696 | culture | the way of life of a group of people | 4 | |
| 11769557697 | primary source | original materials or firsthand | 5 | |
| 11769557698 | secondary source | a document or written work created after an event | 6 | |
| 11769557699 | fact | something that actually occured or is really the case | 7 | |
| 11769557700 | opinion | result of a person's belief, understanding and perspective of a fact | 8 | |
| 11769557701 | Inference | based on multiple observations, factual knowledge, or evidence | 9 | |
| 11769557702 | Generalization | broad statement that forms a conclusion | 10 | |
| 11769557703 | bias | inclination or one-sidedness in pesenting events and stories | 11 | |
| 11769557704 | Bias by omission | something is left out or not said | 12 | |
| 11769557705 | bias by selection of sources | sources that agree with the author or cited | 13 | |
| 11769557706 | bias by placement within a source | negative aspects are located at the last part | 14 | |
| 11769557707 | bias by labelling groups or individuals | are used to refer to people or groups | 15 | |
| 11769557708 | Bias by spin | deliberately draw readers/listeners to false conclusions is presented | 16 | |
| 11769557709 | archeologist | study ancient culture | 17 | |
| 11769557710 | carbon dating | used to date materials that uses the decay of carbon | 18 | |
| 11769557711 | Australopithecus | "southern ape", | 19 | |
| 11769557712 | afarenis | based on the location where the first fossils were discovered | 20 | |
| 11769557713 | Australopithecus afarensis | direct ancestor of man. also called Lucy | 21 | |
| 11769557714 | Homo erectus (upright man) | oldest evidence of earliest human | 22 | |
| 11769557715 | Cagayan Man | "homo erectus" believed to have suvived through hunting and plant gathering discovered in valley | 23 | |
| 11769557716 | java man | homo erectus found in Indonesia | 24 | |
| 11769557717 | Dr. Armand Mijares | discovered a small part of the human foot bone in Callao Man | 25 | |
| 11769557718 | Callao Man | could be a homo floresiensis or homo habilis | 26 | |
| 11769557719 | homo floresiensis | "hobbit" oldest ancestors of man | 27 | |
| 11769557720 | Homo habilis | handy man earliest members of genus homo | 28 | |
| 11769557721 | Homo sapiens | modern humans | 29 | |
| 11769557722 | Tabon Man | discovered by robert fox and manuel santiago | 30 | |
| 11769557723 | Peking Man | discovered in Zhoukoudian cave | 31 | |
| 11769557724 | guri cave | where homo sapiens were said to have lived | 32 | |
| 11769557725 | duyong cave | believed to have been inhabited by Homo sapiens | 33 | |
| 11769557726 | Manunggul Cave | where burial jars were found under the ground | 34 | |
| 11769557727 | biological traits | result of long-term interaction with the environment | 35 | |
| 11769557728 | cultural traits | based on people's way of life | 36 | |
| 11769557729 | Mongoloid | straight hair, small brown ridges, medium complexion, and protruding jaw. | 37 | |
| 11769557730 | Austronesian | brown skin, medium builds | 38 | |
| 11769557731 | Barangay | derived from balangay 30 to 100 families | 39 | |
| 11769557732 | blood compact | a ritual of Filipinos that showed their inherent desire to build Friendships | 40 | |
| 11769557733 | sultanate | 10 to 12 barrios | 41 | |
| 11769557734 | sultan | richest and most powerful member in the entire sultanate | 42 | |
| 11769557735 | Sayyid Abu Bakr | sultanate in sulu | 43 | |
| 11769557736 | Sharif Muhammad Kabungsuwan | sultanate in maguindanao | 44 | |
| 11769557737 | Ruma Bichara | assists the sultan | 45 | |
| 11769557738 | dayang | wife of sultan | 46 | |
| 11769557739 | maluk bandarasa | Secretary of state | 47 | |
| 11769557740 | raja munda | Heir to the sultan's throne | 48 | |
| 11769557741 | Kali | most knowledgeable about Qur'an | 49 | |
| 11769557745 | Shariah | Muslim law | 50 | |
| 11769557746 | Wazir | prime minister | 51 | |
| 11769557747 | mirahal | minister of commerce | 52 | |
| 11769557748 | Maluk Kahal | Secretary of War | 53 | |
| 11769557749 | nakura | military chief | 54 | |
| 11769557750 | tuan gadi | adviser about shariah | 55 | |
| 11769557751 | panalima | had the power similar to a governor in a community | 56 | |
| 11769557752 | datu maharaha lauda | minister of customs | 57 | |
| 11769557753 | datu ladja laut | naval minister | 58 | |
| 11769557754 | bangsawan | royal blood | 59 | |
| 11769557755 | umullan | legal age | 60 | |
| 11769557756 | ilmawan | educated | 61 | |
| 11769557757 | allawan | affluent | 62 | |
| 11769557758 | rupuwan | upright | 63 | |
| 11769557759 | nonawan | personable | 64 | |
| 11769557760 | datu/ maginoo or Noble class | highest class | 65 | |
| 11769557761 | banginoon | member of noble class | 66 | |
| 11769557762 | poon | ancester of noble class | 67 | |
| 11769557763 | maharlika/timawa/timugua or freemen | served as overall assistants to the datu | 68 | |
| 11769557764 | Aliping namamahay | tuhay oripun or serf | 69 | |
| 11769557765 | Aliping Saguiguilid | ayuey oripun or slave | 70 | |
| 11769557766 | baybayin | ancestors system of writing | 71 | |
| 11769557767 | kirim | maranao's system of writing | 72 | |
| 11769557768 | jiut | tausugs way of writing | 73 | |
| 11769557769 | nuno | dwarf-like creature | 74 | |
| 11769557770 | engkanto | creature that lives in plants | 75 | |
| 11769557771 | tikbalang | half man half horse | 76 | |
| 11769557772 | Manananggal | half bodied flying creature that gets infants | 77 | |
| 11769557773 | halimaw | ugly creature that lives underground | 78 | |
| 11769557774 | kapre | giant, hairy creature that smokes a big cigar | 79 | |
| 11769557775 | one-sided lean to | protection from sun's heat, wind, and rain | 80 | |
| 11769557776 | two sided lean to | had a floor and had some walls | 81 | |
| 11769557777 | Bahay Kubo | a house still prominent in the Philippines | 82 | |
| 11769557778 | lean-to | tent-like structures | 83 | |
| 11769557779 | batalan | washing area | 84 | |
| 11769557780 | tapayans | big clay jars where water was kept | 85 | |
| 11769557781 | sipol | writing instrument | 86 | |
| 11769557782 | bathalang maykapal | what our ancestors believed was their creator | 87 | |
| 11769557783 | Mollucas Islands | also called spice islands | 88 | |
| 11769557784 | Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world. | 89 | |
| 11769557785 | rajah humabon | chieftain in Cebu | 90 | |
| 11769557786 | forced labor | males from 16-60 yrs old were forced to render free labor to the government | 91 | |
| 11769557787 | Polistas | workers of polo | 92 | |
| 11769557788 | falla | sum of money | 93 | |
| 11769557789 | Bandala | came from the word mandala means stack of rice stalks to be threshed | 94 | |
| 11769557790 | Royal Audiencia | highest court of land | 95 | |
| 11769557791 | residencia | to investigate the government officials | 96 | |
| 11769557792 | Encomienda | was a piece of land | 97 | |
| 11769557793 | Royal encomienda | belonged to the crown or king of spain | 98 | |
| 11769557794 | Private encomienda | belonged to private individuals | 99 | |
| 11769557663 | Alcadias | a province under complete spanish control | 100 | |
| 11769557664 | alcalde mayor | provincial governor | 101 | |
| 11769557665 | pueblo | towns | 102 | |
| 11769557666 | Gobernadorcillo | also called capitan | 103 | |
| 11769557667 | Cabildo | city council | 104 | |
| 11769557668 | Jose Basco y Vargas | established a tobacco monopoly | 105 | |
| 11769557669 | Galleon Trade | trade between Manila and Acapulco, Mexico | 106 | |
| 11769557670 | Boleta | ticket given to those who could take part part in this trade | 107 | |
| 11769557671 | Obras Pias | or pious works funds came from donations from the rich | 108 | |
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| 10683196511 | Allegory | A narrative or description having a second or symbolic meaning beneath the surface one | 0 | |
| 10683196512 | Allusion | A reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history | 1 | |
| 10683196513 | Anecdote | A short account of an interesting or humorous incident | 2 | |
| 10683196514 | Artistic unity | That condition of a successful literary work whereby all its elements work together for the achievement of its central purpose | 3 | |
| 10683196515 | Cacophony | A harsh, discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds | 4 | |
| 10683196516 | Euphony | A smooth, pleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds | 5 | |
| 10683196517 | Genre | A type or class, as poetry, drama, etc. | 6 | |
| 10683196518 | Imagery | The representation through language of sensory experience | 7 | |
| 10683196519 | Mood | The pervading impression of a work | 8 | |
| 10683196520 | Moral | A rule of conduct or maxim for living expressed or implied as the "point" of a literary work. Compare Theme. | 9 | |
| 10683196521 | Prose | Non-metrical language; the opposite of verse | 10 | |
| 10683196522 | Theme | The main idea, or message, of a literary work. Themes often explore timeless and universal ideas and may be implied rather than stated explicitly. (It is a complete sentence, not one word.) | 11 | |
| 10683196523 | Tone | The writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, the audience, or herself or himself; the emotional coloring, or emotional meaning, of a work | 12 | |
| 10683196524 | Topic | The subject matter or area of a literary work. Not to be confused with theme. | 13 | |
| 10683196525 | Setting | The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs | 14 | |
| 10683196526 | Symbol | (literary) Something that means more than what it is; an object, person, situation, or action that in addition to its literal meaning suggests other meanings as well, a figure of speech which may be read both literally and figuratively. | 15 | |
| 10683196527 | Verse | Metrical language; the opposite of prose | 16 | |
| 10683196528 | Voice | The distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or a character in a book | 17 |
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