From Crusades to New Empires - Vocabulary

Question 1

Crusades

Answer 1

a series of religious wars launched by European Christians to reclaim Jerusalem and other holy sites from Muslims
> several holy wars started by Christians to reclaim Jerusalem

Question 2

Sultan

Answer 2

the supreme ruler of a Muslim site

Question 3

Holy Land

Answer 3

the area between Egypt and Syria that was the ancient home land of Jews and the place where Jesus Christ lived; also called Palestine
> general area holy to Christians, Jews, and Muslims

Question 4

Response

Answer 4

answer; act of responding, an answer to something that is done or said

Question 5

Inquisition

Answer 5

a judicial body established by the Roman Catholic church to combat forms of religious error
> court system set up by the RCC questioning and making sure people were practicing Christianity

Question 6

Economic

Answer 6

relating to the producing and the buying and selling of goods and services
> relating to trade or money

Question 7

Dramatically

Answer 7

employing the form or manner of drama

> noticeably and/or remarkably

Question 8

Anti-Semitism

Answer 8

hostility or discrimination against Jews

Question 9

segregation

Answer 9

the forced separation of one group from the rest of a community

Question 10

Shahs

Answer 10

a ruler in certain Middle East lands, especially Persia (modern-day Iran)

Question 11

Mughal

Answer 11

> Arabic for “Mongol”

> foreign rulers from China from Mongolia who established the Yaun Dynasty