WH Vocabulary Quiz Unit 1 (1.1-1.4)

The dominant center of an important Mississippi valley mound-building culture, located near present-day St. Louis, Mo

In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors.

Chinese dynasty (960 - 1279 CE) that could be considered their "golden age" when China saw many important inventions.

A public library, or intellectual learning center in Bagdad.

A yearly tax on permanent non-Muslim subjects of a state governed by Islamic law

A state with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

Set of catgories that determines a persons occupation and position in society

A group of people who controlled much of the land, produced most of the candidates for Civil Service

An immensely popular development in Hinduism, advocating intense devotion toward a particular deity.

(also called Chen) a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition

The first Islamic gov. established within India from 1206-1520. Controlled a small area of N. India

economic system in Inca society where people paid taxes with their labor and what they produced

Government by divine authority

Tracing lineage through the mother