Religious Practices
What does immortality mean?
The ability to live forever; eternal life
What is an empire/emperor?
An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
What is an archipelago?
A chain/group of islands
What is standardization?
the process of making something conform to a standard
Name an island nation in East Asia
Taiwan or Japan
A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.
What is an aristocrat?
A member of the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices
What is a peninsula?
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
What is centralization?
The concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority.
Name an archipelago in East Asia
Japan
What is an Oracle?
A priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.
What is a policy?
A course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.
What is a tsunami?
A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide or other disturbance
What does philosophy mean?
the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
Name one river in China?
Yellow or Yangtze river
What does divination mean?
The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means
What is communism?
A system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed, nothing is privately owned
What is a seismograph?
An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration
What is a petition?
A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause.
Name one desert in East Asia?
The Gobi or Taklamakan desert
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
A political ideology that was used in ancient and imperial China to legitimize the rule of the King or Emperor
What is Bureaucracy?
A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
What is the sinosphere?
A cultural region of East and Southeast Asia that is influenced by Chinese culture. (Clothing, food, art, government and social structures ect.)
What does patriarchy mean?
a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line.
Explain what is a human-environment interaction?
Where a human action affects the environment and the environment affecting human actions