History L to J

Question 1

a spoken record of past events

Answer 1

oral history

Question 2

a short saying of wisdom or truth

Answer 2

proverb

Question 3

a body of unelected government officials

Answer 3

bureaucracy

Question 4

a policy of avoiding contact with other countries

Answer 4

isolationism

Question 5

an extended family

Answer 5

clan

Question 6

a document written in 1776 that declared American colonies’ independence from British rule

Answer 6

Declaration of Independence

Question 7

a region that includes the southern part of what is now Mexico and parts of the northern countries of Central America

Answer 7

mesoamerica

Question 8

a type of clay found in the southwestern united states

Answer 8

adobe

Question 9

a long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia; they fought for control of the Holy Land from 1096 to 1291

Answer 9

crusades

Question 10

referring to the middle ages

Answer 10

medieval

Question 11

the system of obligations that governed the relationships between lords and vassals in medieval Europe

Answer 11

feudalism

Question 12

a region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea where Jesus lived, preached, and died

Answer 12

Holy Land

Question 13

a document signed in 1215 by King John of England that required the Kind to honor certain rights

Answer 13

Magna Carta

Question 14

the lawmaking body that governs England

Answer 14

parliament

Question 15

a law that people believed God had created to govern how the world operated

Answer 15

natural law

Question 16

the period of “rebirth” and creativity that followed Europe’s middle ages

Answer 16

renaissance

Question 17

a reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church that began in 1517; it resulted in the creation of Protestant churches

Answer 17

reformation

Question 18

a Christian who protested against the Catholic Church

Answer 18

protestants

Question 19

the sharing of power between local governments and a strong central government

Answer 19

federalism

Question 20

a step-by-step method for performing experiments and other scientific research

Answer 20

scientific method

Question 21

a series of events that led to the birth of modern science; it lasted from about 1540 to 1700

Answer 21

scientific revolution

Question 22

to go all the way around

Answer 22

curcumnavigate

Question 23

the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World (the Americas) and the Old World (Europe)

Answer 23

columbian exchange

Question 24

a large farm

Answer 24

plantation

Question 25

a belief that developed during the Enlightenment that people had certain rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and property

Answer 25

natural rights