history vocab

3. Chinese K'ung-Fu-tzu
6. a large landmass smaller than a continent
9. a system of political organization (as in Europe during the Middle Ages) in which a vassal served a lord and received protection and land in return
11. the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods.
14. the recurring pattern of the rise and fall of ruling families
15. a class structure that is determined by birth

1. a person (such as a priestess of ancient Greece) through whom a deity is believed to speak
2. of or relating to the Chinese philosopher Confucius or his teachings or followers
4. reverence for parents considered in Chinese ethics the prime virtue and the basis of all right human relations
5. a member of a civil service
7. the final beatitude that transcends suffering, karma, and samsara and is sought especially in Buddhism through the extinction of desire and individual consciousness
8. a period of great happiness, prosperity, and achievement
10. an individual's duty fulfilled by observance of custom or law
12. the dominant religion of India that emphasizes dharma with its resulting ritual and social observances and often mystical contemplation and ascetic practices
13. the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence