1. Global History & Geography Vocabulary List #5

2. Hellenistic
Type of culture, resulting from Alexander the Great’s conquests that blended eastern and western influences

3. Holocaust
Act of genocide by the Nazis during World War II in which more than 6 million Jews died

4. Humanism
Intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on worldly subjects rather than religious ones

5. Icon
Holy image of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, or a saint of the Orthodox Christian Church

6. Imperialism
Social, political and economic domination of one country by another

7. Intifada
Uprising mounted by Palestinians in the occupied territories in 1987 and 2001

8. Kabuki
Form of Japanese drama developed in the 1600s

9. Kami
In Shintoism, the spirits in all living and nonliving things

10. Liberalism
Way of thinking that supports personal freedom, democracy and reform

11. Manorialism
Economic system structured around a lord’s manor or estate

12. Medieval
Another name for the period of the Middle Ages from about 500 to the middle of the 1400s

13. Mercantilism
Economic policy where the mother country gets rich off of the colony

14. Missionary
Person dedicated to spreading a religion

15. Monopoly
Complete control of a product or business by one person or group

16. Mosque
Muslim house of worship

17. Nirvana
In Buddhism, perfect state of being, ends cycle of reincarnation

18. Nonalignment
Policy of not supporting either side in a conflict such as the Cold War

19. Oligarchy
Government in which ruling power belongs to a few people

20. Pagoda
Buddhist temple with many levels and a roof that curves up at the corners

21. Patriarch
The highest church official in the Orthodox Christian Church

22. Vocabulary Quiz #5
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