| A | B |
|---|
| draft | A system for chosing citizens to serve in an army |
| currency | money |
| porcelain | A kind of clay pottery so thin it looks almost clear |
| khan | Strong Mongol leaders who brought together rival clans |
| plunder | To take goods by force |
| typhoon | A type of fierce storm |
| Shinto | A religion of Japan |
| kami | In the Shinto religion, spirits that live in all natural things |
| regent | A person who governs in place of a ruler |
| daimyo | A local nobel in feudal Japan |
| samurai | A Japanese warrior |
| shogun | A Japanese leading general that had complete authority |
| chinampa | An island made from platforms of woven reeds |
| mesa | A flat topped hill with steep slopes |
| pueblo | A shelter built on a cliff ledge or on a Mesa |
| mound builder | People who lived in North America and got their name from the mounds of the earth they used to bury their dead in. |
