History L to J Flashcards
a spoken record of past events
oral history
a short saying of wisdom or truth
proverb
a body of unelected government officials
bureaucracy
a policy of avoiding contact with other countries
isolationism
an extended family
clan
a document written in 1776 that declared American colonies’ independence from British rule
Declaration of Independence
a region that includes the southern part of what is now Mexico and parts of the northern countries of Central America
mesoamerica
a type of clay found in the southwestern united states
adobe
a long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia; they fought for control of the Holy Land from 1096 to 1291
crusades
referring to the middle ages
medieval
the system of obligations that governed the relationships between lords and vassals in medieval Europe
feudalism
a region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea where Jesus lived, preached, and died
Holy Land
a document signed in 1215 by King John of England that required the Kind to honor certain rights
Magna Carta
the lawmaking body that governs England
parliament
a law that people believed God had created to govern how the world operated
natural law
the period of “rebirth” and creativity that followed Europe’s middle ages
renaissance
a reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church that began in 1517; it resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
reformation
a Christian who protested against the Catholic Church
protestants
the sharing of power between local governments and a strong central government
federalism
a step-by-step method for performing experiments and other scientific research
scientific method
a series of events that led to the birth of modern science; it lasted from about 1540 to 1700
scientific revolution
to go all the way around
curcumnavigate
the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World (the Americas) and the Old World (Europe)
columbian exchange
a large farm
plantation
