Unit 1 vocab

Belief system

A set of principles or tenets which together form the bias of a religion, philosophy, or moral code

Buddhism

A spiritual philosophy and religion, founded in the sixth century BCE by Siddhartha Gautama and widespread in Asia, that teaches release from the self and from ones earthly desires

Bureaucracy

An organized group of hired officials, especially governmental

Caliphate

State ruled by a caliph, a Muslim ruler who is both the ruler of a state and the leader of an entire ummah( an Arabic word referring to the entire Muslim community)

Christianity

A monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ

Claim testers

strategies to decide whether a story or concept should or should not be trusted

Confucianism

the ethical teachings of Confucius, which emphasizes reverence for ancestors, devotion to family and friends, cultivation and discipline of the mind, and social responsibility

Consequence

that which follow; result

Contextualize

to put into a context, or provide a context for; context= the set of circumstances or events in which a particular event occurs; situation

Continuity

things that are constant over time; something in an uninterrupted state

Dynasty

A succession, lasting several generations, of rulers from the same family or group

Evidence

Knowledge on which to base belief; that which constitutes proof of something

Feudalism

A system of economic and political organization, as in Europe in the medieval period, in which landholding lords granted land to vassals in return for service and homage

Hajj

the pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim is expected to make at least once during Dhul al- Hijjah

hierarchy

A body of person or entities graded according to rank or level of authority

Innovation

The act of proposing or implementing a new method, approach, idea, or the like

Islam

a monotheistic religion based on the teaching of the prophet Muhammad as set forth in the Qur’an

Judaism

a monotheistic religion based on the spiritual and ethical principles in the Hebrew Scriptures ( Old Testament) and the Talmud

Matrilineal

Pertaining to tracing ones heritage and ancestors through the mothers family

Narrative

an account, description, or story, or the oral or written work containing such material

Perspective

a visual or entail view, as of a scene or a subject and teh interrelationships of its parts or facts

Polytheistic

teh belief in more than one god

Ritual

an established and prescribed procedure for a ceremony, especially a religious one

Scale

the degree, extent, or level of something

Serf

agricultural laborers who cannot leave their land and are heavily taxed by a lord or a king

Sourcing

the act of understanding who wrote a document, where they wrote it, and why they wrote it, for the purposes of analysis or interpretation

State

The population of a specific area unified under a single government

Tribute

payment given by a subordinate person or power to a dominant one, or an obligation to do so