Social Studies Vocabulary

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  1. 7. Commander of the military forces
  2. 10. The highest ranking officials in the Catholic Church
  3. 11. The Arab founder of Islam; he was born in Mecca.
  4. 15. Powerful military lords; pledged to obey the emperor and the shogun
  5. 16. Having to do with a town or city rather than a rural (country) area
  6. 17. the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
  7. 19. A ceramic made of fine clay baked at very high temperatures
  8. 20. Belief in spirits that are outside the body, nature spirits
  9. 25. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
  10. 26. the earliest known chemical explosive. It is one of the Four Great Inventions of China.
  11. 28. the language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration.
  12. 29. A religion founded by Muhammad that spread throughout parts of Asia, northern Africa, and Europe.
  13. 30. A Muslim house of worship.
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  1. 1. The capital of the Byzantine Empire
  2. 2. a policy of remaining apart from other groups, especially other countries.
  3. 3. Emperor of the Byzantine Empire and created a legal code
  4. 4. a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
  5. 5. A code of conduct that the samurai follow; you must be loyal, brave, and honorable
  6. 6. Activities that relate to the buying and selling of goods and services
  7. 8. a member of a powerful military class in feudal Japan; warriors
  8. 9. Empire the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Roman Empire
  9. 12. an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia.
  10. 13. A green area in a desert fed by underground water.
  11. 14. Nature spirits; often used in the Shinto belief system
  12. 17. a person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen
  13. 18. A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels.
  14. 21. The belief in one god.
  15. 22. Payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of submission or for protection
  16. 23. The Holy book of Islam.
  17. 24. Customs and practices based on Muhammad's words and deeds
  18. 25. A marketplace or shopping center.
  19. 27. an extensive group of states or countries under an emperor or empress