Definitions Flashcards
Allegiance
that is, loyalty, to the king
Aqueducts
water pathways that give people running water
Astronomy
a typical that deals with objects in space and the universe as a whole.
Beliefs
trust, faith or confidence in somebody or something.
Bills of Exchange
a written order to a person requiring the person to make a specified payment.
Black Death
One of the worst epidemics in history and a lot of people died.
Christianity
a religion based on the teachings of Jesus.
City-state
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
Civic Humanism
If you want to be important in society you should contribute to things so the humanists believed that everybody matter.
Classic civilizations
is the study of history of Greeks, Romans and Muslims.
Crusades
a medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
Democracy
a form of government in which people get to vote.
Hinterland
the often uncharted area beyond a coastal district.
Holy Land
Is where people do religious things and do pilgrims (Jerusalem).
Islam
a religion that believes in the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Allah (God).
Judaism
The religion of the Jewish people.
Monarchies
it is a level of government in which a person is the ruler and when he dies, there would be a new ruler.
Patrons
a person who supports someone or something.
Silk Road
Is a network of trading routes that stretches across Asia and Europe.
Usury
the illegal action of lending money at a high rate of interest.
Anatomy
a study the structure or the idea of something
Cultural Contact
is the contact between two different cultures.
Excommunication
is the action of excluding someone from the Christian Church.
Exploration
to travel for a purpose of discovery and adventure
Feudalism
a social system existing in medieval Europe in which people in Europe went to fight the nobles.
Heresy
a holding of religious beliefs opposed to the church.
Hierarchy
the organization of people at different ranks in an administration area.
Humanism
a renaissance cultural movement that gave rebirth of many subjects like art, math and science and also many more subjects.
Indulgences
an action of indulging
Isolation
a process of being isolated
Manor/Fiefdoms
an area in which someone exercises control as or in the manner of feudal lord.
Middle Ages
it was a period of European from fall of Roman Empire to fall of Constantinople and it merged to the renaissance and the age of discovery.
Nobles
rank in political system and in social class of people
Oligarchy
a small group that has to control a country,
Peasants
a poor worker or farmer that has a low social status.
Perspective
the way you think about something ; point of view.
Philosophers
person who has academic discipline ; a person who studies philosophy
Pilgrim
a person who goes to place for sacred and religious reasons.
Renaissance
rebirth
Rural
a countryside rather than a town
Scientific Method
a method of procedure that uses observation, measurement and experiential
Serfs
an agricultural laborer bond under feudal system to work on lord state
Sovereignty
supreme power and strength; a self governing state
Trade
a action of buying goods and selling things.
Urbanization
a process of making an area more urban and city-like
Values
persons principal standards or behavior
Vernacular
a language spoken by the ordinary people in a particular area or region.
Worldview
a particular philosophy of life or a different thinking of the world.
Tithe
tax for the support of the church and the clergy
