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Jack.Burke Unit 4 SS
Word | Definition |
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Human Sacrifice | A person who is killed as part of a religious ritual |
Clan | a large group of friends and family |
Ancestor worship | honoring ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the dead |
Logograph | a written character that represents a word |
Economy | a system of managing the wealth of a community or region |
Standardize | To make the same |
Exiled | living away from one's native country |
Immortal | able to live forever |
Toga | a loose robe worn by men in Rome |
Mirage | an image of something that isn't really there, such as water |
Caravan | a group of people traveling together |
Civil servant | a person who works for a government |
Yin | one half of the Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature;the opposite of yang. |
Yang | one half of the Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature; the opposite of yin. |
Feudalism | a system of government based on landowners and tenants |
Mandate of Heaven | a power or law believed to be granted by a god. |
Compass | an instrument for determining direction |
Seismgraph | an instrument for detecting earthquakes |
Lodestone | a type of iron ore |
Anesthetic | something that takes away the feeling of pain |
Calligraphy | the art of fine handwriting |