Lesson 38

Question 1

Empire

Answer 1

Group of countries ruled by a single person

Question 2

Kingdoms

Answer 2

Individual countries ruled by a king or queen

Question 3

Dynasties

Answer 3

Different rulers who are all from the same family, or a period of time that a country is controlled by them

Question 4

Dawn

Answer 4

Beginning

Question 5

Reigns

Answer 5

Period that a king, queen or emperor rules

Question 6

Heir

Answer 6

Person who is legally entitled to continue the work of someone important who has died or who has the same position as they had

Question 7

Successor

Answer 7

Person who takes over from another person

Question 8

Coronation

Answer 8

Event when a king or queen receives his/her crown

Question 9

Conquest

Answer 9

When someone or an army defeats and takes over another country

Question 10

Manuscripts

Answer 10

Texts written by hand

Question 11

Peasant

Answer 11

Person who works on the land and earns little, usually having a low social status

Question 12

Laborer

Answer 12

Person who does unskilled manual work

Question 13

Migration

Answer 13

Moving from one place to another in large numbers

Question 14

Shreds

Answer 14

Very small amounts

Question 15

Bronze age

Answer 15

Period when the metals copper and tin began to be used to make weapons, tools, etc

Question 16

Medieval

Answer 16

Of or from the European middle ages, i.e. 1000-1500 AD

Question 17

Renaissance

Answer 17

Period of new growth of interest and activity in the arts especially in Europe in the 14th to 16th centuries

Question 18

Pre-colonial

Answer 18

Period before Europeans arrived in large numbers and took power

Question 19

Infantry

Answer 19

Soldiers on foot (uncountable)

Question 20

Cavalry

Answer 20

Soldiers on horseback (uncountable)

Question 21

Suit of armor

Answer 21

Metal protective clothing worn by soldiers

Question 22

Chariot

Answer 22

Two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse and used in ancient times for racing and war

Question 23

Galleon

Answer 23

Large sailing ship with three or four masts used in the 15th to 18th centuries

Question 24

Warlord

Answer 24

A military leader who controls a country or, more often, an area within a country

Question 25

Slave

Answer 25

Person legally owned by someone else and who has to work for them

Question 26

Ruler

Answer 26

Leader of a country

Question 27

Explorer

Answer 27

Someone who travels to places that no one is thought ever to have visited in order to find out what is there

Question 28

Merchant

Answer 28

Someone who buys and sells things in large amounts, especially by trading with other countries

Question 29

Monarch

Answer 29

Neutral term for a king or queen

Question 30

The nobility

Answer 30

Collective term for people of the highest social rank in a society

Question 31

Archaeologist

Answer 31

Person who studies the material evidence of past societies