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Africa
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The second largest continent in the world.
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Sahara
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Very large desert that covers much of central Africa
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Sub Sahara
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Area just south of the Sahara
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Niger
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River that is a source of food and water to West Africa.
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Savannah
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Grasslands in Africa
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Gold and Salt
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Two mineral resources traded by the West African Kingdoms of Mali and Songhai
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Extended Families
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Families in Africa that included the father, mother, sisters and Brothers and Grandparnets even Aunts and Uncles
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Animism
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Belief in West Africa that the trees and water and other natural objects have spirits
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Traders
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Besides selling Gold and Salt the kingdoms of Mali and Songhai made money by taxing
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Oral History
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History that is passed by retelling not by writing (West Africa)
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Barter
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To trade without using money. West Africans did it silently
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Mansa Musa
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Ruler of Mali that made a pilgrmidge to Mecca and passed out Gold. His actions encouraged European explorers to look for Gold.
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Period of Disunion
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Period after the fall of the Han dynasty that resulted in disorder in the Chinese society.
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Sui Dynasty
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Dynasty that restored order to China after the period of Disunion.
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Grand Canal
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Canal built during the Sui Dynasty that connected Northern and Southern China and various cities used for commerce
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Tang Dynasty
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Dynasty that is viewed as the golden Age of Chinese civilization.
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Empress Wu
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The only woman to rule China.
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woodblock Printing
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An entire page carved into a block of wood.
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Chinese inventions
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Woodblock printing, Gunpowder and Compass
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Confucius
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Chinese teacher that taught on ethics and proper behavior.
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ren and Li
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In confucianism, concern for others and proper behavior
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Role
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Confucius believed that everyone had a _______ to play in society and that society functioned best that way
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Gengis Kahn
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Ruler of lthe Mongol people who invaded China and Europe
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Kulbai Kahn
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Mongol ruler that completed the conquest of China. and began the Yuan Dynasty.
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Ming Dynasty
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Dynasty during which the forbidden city of Beijing was built.
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period of Disunion
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A period of war and disorder that affected China after the end of the Han Dynasty
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Song Dynasty
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Dynasty during which China's agriculture reached new heights and the population grew.
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Gunpowder,compass, silk
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Chinese inventions
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ethics ( moral behavior)
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Confucius teachings focused on
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Ren
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Concern for others
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Li
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following appropriate customs and traditions
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When people know their place and behave appropriately
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Acording to confucius how is order in society created
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Civil Service exam
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Test taken to work for the government
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teachings of Confucius/Spirtual questions
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What were the civil service test about?
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Reduced penalties for breaking the law, more money and respect
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What were the benefits of a scholar official
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Genghis Khan
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Mongol tht united the mongol tribes and conquered much of Asia, Europe and Northern China
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Kublai Khan
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Conqured all of China and made himself the Emperor of China and establihed the Yuan dynasty
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The forbidden City of Beijing and the Great Wall
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Accomplishments of the Ming Dynasty
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Samuri
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Trained professional soldiers in Japan, hired by Daimyo to protect them.
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Shogun
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A military general that ruled Japan in the emperor's name
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Shinto
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Traditional religion of Japan based on the belief that everything in nature has a spirit
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Regent
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Someone who rules for someone who is unable to rule alone
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Bushido
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A strict code of rules and honor for japanese samuri
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Volcanos
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The island of Japan are madeup of the tops of what landform
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Seafood
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Key art of the Japanese diet because they had litle farmland
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Kami
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According to shintoism the spirit that lives in things
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Prince Shotoku
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Regent that encouraged the intoduction of Confu
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Daimyo
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Japan's large landowners they were not convinced that the emperor could protect them
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Zen Buddhist
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Believed that neither faith nor good behavior created wisdom. Istead people should practice self discipline and meditation
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