chapter 1 vocab Flashcards
settlement
a place or region newly settled
civilization
a society or people sharing a language
city-state
a political unit that controls a city and its surrounding
feudalism
a system of rule by lords who ruled their own lands but owed loyalty and military service to a monarch.
crusades
between 1100 and 1300 the series of wars fought by Christians to control Palestine or the Holy Land.
silk road
a network of overland trade routes linking China to the Middle East.
renaissance
the burst of learning in Europe from the late 1300’s to about 1600.
culture
an entire way of life developed by a people .
culture-region
a region in which people share a similar way of life.
tribe
a community of people that share common customs, language, and rituals.
Iroquois league
the alliance of the Iroquois Nations.
colony
an area settled and rule by the government of a distant land.
circumnavigate
to travel all the way around the earth.
Columbian Exchange
the global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the encounter between the peoples of the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
