History China, Japan, Incas
Terms
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- porcelain
- a thin, beautiful pottery invented in China
- woodblock printing
- a form of printing in which an entire page is carved into a block of wood, covered with ink, and pressed to a piece of paper to create a printed page
- gunpowder
- a mixture of powders used in guns and explosives
- compass
- an instrument that uses the earth’s magnetic field to indicate direction
- daimyo
- large landowners of feudal Japan
- samurai
- a trained professional warrior in feudal Japan
- figurehead
- a person who appears to rule even though real power rests with someone else
- shogun
- a general who ruled Japan in the emperor’s name
- Bushido
- the code of honor followed by the samurai in Japan
- Pachacuti
- Inca ruler, he greatly expanded the Incas’ territory
- Quechua
- the language of the Inca quechua
- masonry
- stonework
- Atahualpa
- The last Inca king, he was killed by Francisco Pizarro.
- Francisco Pizarro
- Spanish conquistador, he conquered the Inca Empire