Unit 12 Vocab

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Adapt

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To make something suitable for a new use

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Canal

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An artificial waterway

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Civil Service

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the permanent professional branches of the government

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Dynasty

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A line of hereditary rulers of a country

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Emperor

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Sovereign ruler of an empire

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Hierarchy

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groups ranked one above the other according to status

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Mandate

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an official order or commission to do something

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Modify

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to change

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Monopoly

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Exclusive control of supply or trade in a commodity.

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Peasant

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a poor farmer of low social class