Starting of the Americas Ch1 Flashcards
A place or region newly settled
Settlement
The burst of learning in Europe from the late 1300s to about 1600
Renaissance
An entire way of life developed by people
Culture
A region in which people share a similar way of life
Culture-Region
a community of people that share common customs languages and rituals
Tribe
the alliance of the Iroquise nation
Iroquise League
a society - or a people sharing a language, territory, and economy that has certain basic features
Civilization
a political unit that controls a city and its surroundings
City-state
a system of rule by lords who ruled their own lands but owed loyalty and military service to a monarch
feudalism
between 1100 and 1300 the series of wars fought by Christians to control Palestine, or holy lands
Crusades
a network of overland trade routes linking china to the middle east
Silk Road
an area of settled and ruled by the government of a distant land
Colony
to travel all the way around the world/ earth
Circumnavigate
the global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the encounter between the peoples of the western and eastern hemisphere
Colombian Exchange
