Chapter 7 Vocab

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Ancient caravan routes in central Asia for trading silk and goods.

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Silk Roads

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Administrative government departments hiring based on exam scores.

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Civil Service

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Recognition of the right to hold different religious beliefs

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Religious toleration

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Hindu god, creator of the world.

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Brahma

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Theravada Buddhism

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A sect of Buddhism focusing on the strict spiritual discipline originally advocated by the Buddha.

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A policy where a nation compels a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs.

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Assimilation

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Government with power in a central authority, local governments are subject.

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Centralized Government

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Social system where the father is the family head.

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Patriarchal

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Hindu God known as the destroyer of the world.

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Shiva

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Exclusive control over production and distribution of goods.

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Monopoly