D Terms

1. D Terms

2. What is the term? #1. Feudal lords of Japan who ruled with virtual independence thanks to their bands of samurai warriors. From the sixteenth century this group ruled Japan until the Meiji restoration.

3. daimyo #1. Feudal lords of Japan who ruled with virtual independence thanks to their bands of samurai warriors. From the sixteenth century this group ruled Japan until the Meiji restoration.

4. What is the term? #2. A Chinese philosophy and popular religion that advocates simplicity and immersion in the world of nature.

5. Daoism #2. A Chinese philosophy and popular religion that advocates simplicity and immersion in the world of nature.

6. What is the term? #3. A decree granting basic rights to the French citizens that was written in August 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution.

7. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen #3. A decree granting basic rights to the French citizens that was written in August 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution.

8. What is the term? #4. The reversal of Europe’s overseas expansion caused by the rising demand of Asian, African, and Middle Easter peoples for national self-determination, racial equality, and personal dignity.

9. decolonization #4. The reversal of Europe’s overseas expansion caused by the rising demand of Asian, African, and Middle Easter peoples for national self-determination, racial equality, and personal dignity.

10. What is the term? #5. The belief that a benevolent, all-knowing God designed the universe and set it in motion, but no longer intervenes in it s functioning or in human affairs. This thought emerged in the West during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, as scientists and philosophers discovered natural explanations for how the universe operated that did not rely on divine intervention.

11. deism #6. The belief that a benevolent, all-knowing God designed the universe and set it in motion, but no longer intervenes in it s functioning or in human affairs. This thought emerged in the West during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, as scientists and philosophers discovered natural explanations for how the universe operated that did not rely on divine intervention.

12. What is the term? #6. From Greek for “the power of the people”: a type of government in which all citizens, without regard to birth or wealth, administer that workings of the government.

13. democracy #6. From Greek for “the power of the people”: a type of government in which all citizens, without regard to birth or wealth, administer that workings of the government.

14. What is the term? #7. In the Hindu belief, performance of the duties appropriate to an individual’s caste, with the understanding that good performance will lead to rebirth in a higher caste. In Buddhism, this term refers to the teachings of the Buddha; in Jainism, it refers to moral virtue.

15. dharma #7. In the Hindu belief, performance of the duties appropriate to an individual’s caste, with the understanding that good performance will lead to rebirth in a higher caste. In Buddhism, this term refers to the teachings of the Buddha; in Jainism, it refers to moral virtue.

16. What is the term? #8. A ship with one or two lateen sails, developed by the Arabs and used along the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula, India, and East Africa in the trade of goods and slaves.

17. dhow #8. A ship with one or two lateen sails, developed by the Arabs and used along the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula, India, and East Africa in the trade of goods and slaves.

18. What is the term? #9. A dispersion of people from their homeland. This term has come to refer most often to the expulsion of the Jews from their homeland in ancient Israel, although it applies to other cultures.

19. diaspora #9. A dispersion of people from their homeland. This term has come to refer most often to the expulsion of the Jews from their homeland in ancient Israel, although it applies to other cultures.

20. What is the term? #9. The elected representative assembly grudgingly created in Russia by Tsar Nicholas II (1894- 1917) in response to the 1905 revolution. When the Duma disagreed with the tsar, Nicholas dissolved the assembly and changed the electoral laws to favor the nobility.

21. Duma #9. The elected representative assembly grudgingly created in Russia by Tsar Nicholas II (1894- 1917) in response to the 1905 revolution. When the Duma disagreed with the tsar, Nicholas dissolved the assembly and changed the electoral laws to favor the nobility.

22. What is the term? #10. A joint stock company charted in 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands, initially with the objective of taking the spice trade away from the Portuguese.

23. Dutch East India Company #10. A joint stock company charted in 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands, initially with the objective of taking the spice trade away from the Portuguese.