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Summer Assignment Vocab Words Flashcards

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Nomads

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Member of a tribe that moves from place to place according to food supply

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Artisan

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Person skilled in Applied art using traditional methods

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Polytheism

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Belief in one or many gods

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Civilization

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Culture of people and their development

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Barter

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bargain unwisely or dishonestly

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isthmus

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narrow strip of land

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sacred

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devoted to religious purpose

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Civil Service

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branches of public service

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Aristocrats

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anything known as “the best”

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Democracy

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government ruled by the people

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Civil War

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war btw political factions within the same country

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Culture

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stage of civilization

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Peninsula

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are of land surrounded by water on three sides

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Republic

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Supreme power rest in the body of citizens, exercised by representatives chosen directly by them

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Orater

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law brought to a case equity

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Exile

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State of being barred from ones country because of political reasons

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Excommunication

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Excluded from a group

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Heresy

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belief in a theory or story

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Gentile

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relation to anyone not Jewish

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Pope

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Similar to bishop or Roman Catholic Pope

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Schism

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Formal division from a body over doctrinal differences

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Economics

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Science dealing with production distribution and consumption of goods and services

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Feudalism

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Practices of political relations

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Nobility

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Exalting moral excellence

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Peasant

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Uneducated person of little financial means

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Secular

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Not belonging to a religion

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Pilgrimage

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Long journey taken on by a purpose

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Shrine

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Holy enclosed structure

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Legacy

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Something handed down from an ancestor

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Martyr

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Person put to death because of their religion

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Plague

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Disease caused by bacteria transmitted to humans from animals

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Humanism

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Study or theory that emphasizes human fulfillment, rejects belief in God

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Patron

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Supporter with money, gifts,efforts, time, or writers, artist, causes

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vernacular

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Using of native language

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Sacrament

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A symbol of sacrament to ones religion

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