Unit 3 Lesson 12 Vocabulary

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boyars

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Russia’s landowning nobility

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civil service

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the bureaucracy of government officials

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czar

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a Russian emperor

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daimyo

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feudal lords in Japan

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despot

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an absolute ruler

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kaiku

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short Japanese verse of 17 syllables

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kabuki

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style of Japanese theater

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Mandate of Heaven

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the Chinese idea that the right to rule came from divine approval

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samurai

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Japanese warriors

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serf

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a peasant farmer bound to the land with no political representation of social rights