Survey 2 Exam 3 Vocab

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Mughul Empire

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founded in 1526, was the most powerful Islamic state to rule in India. Taj Mahal built during this time period.

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arabesque

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an ornament or style that employs flower, foliage, or fruit and sometimes animal and figural outlines to produce an intricate pattern of interlaced lines.

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minaret

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a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies

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miniature

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a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.

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iwan

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a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end

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cenotaph

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an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people

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darshan

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"way of seeing", the belief that you are gifted with the ability to see a saint or

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Mongols

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The Mongols are an East-Central Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia and China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

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calligraphy

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the art of producing decorative handwriting or lettering with a pen or brush.

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colophon

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a brief statement containing information about the publication of a book such as the place of publication, the publisher, and the date of publication.

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literati

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well-educated people who are interested in literature.

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porcelain

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a white vitrified translucent ceramic

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Buddhism (Chanor Zen Buddhism)

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[insert info here, hard to summarize into a few sentences, major religion]

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Northernand southern schools

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Shogun

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a hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan.

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Samurai

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a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos

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teaceremony

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an elaborate Japanese ritual of serving and drinking tea, as an expression of Zen Buddhist philosophy.

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Edo

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a member of a people inhabiting the district of Benin in Nigeria.

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ukiyo-e

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a school of Japanese art depicting subjects from everyday life, dominant in the 17th–19th centuries.

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woodblock prints

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a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.

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codex

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a book constructed of a number of sheets of paper, vellum, papyrus, or similar materials, with hand-written content.

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Tenochtitlan

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an Aztec altepetl located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico.

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Hernan Cortés

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a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico

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quipu

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sometimes known as khipus or talking knots, were recording devices historically used in the region of Andean South America. Usually consisted of colored, spun, and plied thread or strings made from cotton or camelid fiber.

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ashlarmasonry

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finely dressed (cut, worked), an individual stone that has been worked until squared or the masonry built of such stone.

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“totempole” or crest pole

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monumental sculptures carved on poles, posts, or pillars with symbols that display beings, or crest animals, marking a family's lineage

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potlatch

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a gift-giving feast practiced by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States, among whom it is traditionally the primary economic system.

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Melanesia

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The beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of the ethnogeographic group of Pacific Islands

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Micronesia

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a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean.

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Polynesia

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a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.

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bai

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a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.

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tapa

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Tapas are a wide variety of appetizers, or snacks, in Spanish cuisine.

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mana

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a word found in Austronesian languages meaning "power, effectiveness, prestige," where in most cases the power is understood to be supernatural.

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moai

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monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500 CE.

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masquerade

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a cultural or religious event involving the wearing of masks.

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nkisi

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spirits, or an object that a spirit inhabits.