Important Vocabulary for Units 10.1 and 10.2

What is an archipelago?

• A desert with limited water

• A chain of islands

• A large landmass

• A military road

To conquer a place means to:

• Build a wall around it

• Trade with it

• Take it over by force

• Leave it untouched

A conquest is:

• A peaceful agreement

• A system of laws

• The act of taking something by force

• A type of government

To consolidate power means to:

• Break it into parts

• Give it away

• Unite or bring it together

• Hide it

Who were the daimyo in Japan?

• Traveling merchants

• Religious missionaries

• Powerful landowning nobles

• Samurai warriors

What was the purpose of the Devshirme System?

• To build temples

• To tax goods

• To take boys from Christian communities for military service

• To expand trade routes

Something diverse is:

• Small and unimportant

• Very different

• Easily forgotten

• Difficult to control

An edict is:

• A natural disaster

• A law passed by merchants

• A command from a government

• A religious book

An empire is:

• A democratic city-state

• A small isolated town

• A group of areas ruled by one government

• A single nation with no rulers

A European is:

• A person from Asia

• Someone from Africa

• Someone from Europe

• A traveler from the Americas