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24 Cards in this Set
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Allegiance
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Loyalty
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City-State
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A politically independent city and the rural area around it.
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Expansionism
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The actions and attitudes of a state or country whose goal is to expand its power and territory.
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Feudalism
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The system of political organization during the Middle Ages in which the lord owned the land and all others served him.
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Humanist
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A person who adopts a system of thought that centers on humans and their values, capacities and worth.
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Imperialism
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The extension of power over a territory including its resources and people
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Journeymen
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A person who has learned a trade and joined a guild
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Scribe
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A person who copies books.
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Caliphate
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The area of jurisdiction of Islamic rulers.
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Calpolli
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Units of organization in aztec society.
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Conscription
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Mandatory military service.
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Encomienda
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A spanish system that gave Spanish settlers land grants when they arrived in a colony.
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Hidalgos
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The sons of poor nobles.
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Intermediary
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Someone who acts as a go-between or mediator between two people of groups of people.
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Omens
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a sign of something that is going to happen
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Principalities
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Small ares often ruled by princes
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Viceroy
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The representative of a sovereign in a foreign jurisdiction.
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Assimilation
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Forcing a group of people to acquire the characteristics of a majority group.
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Backlash
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Adverse or hostile reaction against change.
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Bunraku
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A puppet in which large puppets enact the ordeals of separated lovers or dueling samurai
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Indemnity
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Payment for losses
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Meiji (meaning)
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Enlightened rule
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Oligarchy
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Unselected group of powerful leaders
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ronin
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samurai warriors without masters
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