Unit 6/7 Vocabulary

1. a strict code of conduct that guided Samurai behavior
4. the leader of a Mongol clan or "ruler"
6. a record-keeping device made of knotted strings
8. a group of people with a common ancestor
10. a system of moral behavior, based on the teachings of Confucius
11. a local land-owning lord
12. a large, dry, grass covered plain
14. a social system where landowners granted people land or other rewards for military service or labor
17. a system in which one person from a ruling family has unlimited powers
18. a building used for observing the sky

2. highly trained warriors
3. an ancient Chinese philosophy
5. the study of the sun, moon, and stars
7. the capital city of the Aztec empire
8. an artificial (fake) island that the Aztecs used for farming
9. a wall used to hold back water
13. the mountain range where the Inca lived
15. a farming method in which trees and other plants on a plot of land are cut down and burned to provide the soil with fertilization
16. a supreme military commander