Set: World History Unit 2 Vocab.

Familiarize

Learn

Test

Play Scatter

Play Space Race
Combine with other sets Login to add to Favorites
Print: Term List | Flashcards Editing not allowed
Export Deleting not allowed

Share these flash cards

With group: Dr. Kee's 9th Grade World History
HTML link to set: Plain link:
Share on Facebook Share on MySpace

All 37 Terms

Term Definition
filial piety respect for parents
monopoly complete control of a product or a business by one person or group
patriarchal describing a family headed by the father
reincarnation rebirth of the soul in a different body
stupa large Buddhist temple
asoka Maurya emperor
Brahma the single spiritual power that resides in everything
Confucius a teacher and philosophical leader in china
Siddharta Gautama the founder of Buddhism
Shi Huangdi emperor of china who built the great wall of china
Aristocracy government headed by a privileged minority or upper class
Democracy government in which the people old ruling power
Monarchy government in which a king or queen rule over all
Rhetoric art of skillful specking
Strait narrow water passage
Hippocrates Greek physician
Homer Blind poet
Pericles a great statesman
Socrates a great philosopher
Solon a wise and trusted leader of Athens
Julius Caesar a great roman politician
Hannibal Carthaginian general
Jesus the Cristian messiah
Odoacer Germanic leader
Paul Spread Jesus's Message across the Mediterranean after a vision from Jesus
Ptolemy An ancient Roman mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer.
Virgil A poet who wrote works like the Aeneid, praising Roman History in comparison to Greece.
Igloo Dome-shaped homes made from snow or ice. Used by the Inuits.
Potlatch A gift trading ceremony of the native American` of the Northwest Cost
Tribute A tax or payment by conquered people.
Quipu A collerction of knotted, collard strings used for Incan record keeping.
Cahokia A city of the Mound builders of the Mississippi housing 40,000 people. In what is now Illinois.
Kiva A large underground chamber used for Anasazi Religions Services.
Cuzco An Incan city housing representatives from all parts of the empire,
Teotihuacan A well planned Aztec city with large apartment buildings, massive temples, and wide roads.
Tenochtitlan An Aztec city in the center of the Vally of Mexico .
Tikal The largest city of the Mayans

Set Information

Terms 37
Creator rappster123
Created October 25, 2008
Group Dr. Kee's 9th Grade World History
Subjects world history, world history vocab, world cultures
Access Anyone
Edit Creator Only
Pop out

Discuss

No Messages
Last Message: never

You must be logged in to discuss this set.

Top Users

  1. alanlong156 - 187 scores
  2. kevinarmy94 - 153 scores
  3. Aviva500 - 147 scores
  4. bfraifeld - 128 scores
  5. geetarplaya - 124 scores
  6. elpatodominante - 104 scores
  7. arborohov - 76 scores

Most Missed Words

  1. Teotihuacan → A well planned Aztec city with large apartment buildings, massive temples, and wide roads. - 27 misses
  2. Cahokia → A city of the Mound builders of the Mississippi housing 40,000 people. In what is now Illinois. - 25 misses
  3. Pericles → a great statesman - 19 misses
  4. Virgil → A poet who wrote works like the Aeneid, praising Roman History in comparison to Greece. - 17 misses
  5. Julius Caesar → a great roman politician - 17 misses
  6. Tikal → The largest city of the Mayans - 16 misses
  7. Odoacer → Germanic leader - 15 misses