Summer Assignment Vocab Words Flashcards
Nomads
Member of a tribe that moves from place to place according to food supply
Artisan
Person skilled in Applied art using traditional methods
Polytheism
Belief in one or many gods
Civilization
Culture of people and their development
Barter
bargain unwisely or dishonestly
isthmus
narrow strip of land
sacred
devoted to religious purpose
Civil Service
branches of public service
Aristocrats
anything known as “the best”
Democracy
government ruled by the people
Civil War
war btw political factions within the same country
Culture
stage of civilization
Peninsula
are of land surrounded by water on three sides
Republic
Supreme power rest in the body of citizens, exercised by representatives chosen directly by them
Orater
law brought to a case equity
Exile
State of being barred from ones country because of political reasons
Excommunication
Excluded from a group
Heresy
belief in a theory or story
Gentile
relation to anyone not Jewish
Pope
Similar to bishop or Roman Catholic Pope
Schism
Formal division from a body over doctrinal differences
Economics
Science dealing with production distribution and consumption of goods and services
Feudalism
Practices of political relations
Nobility
Exalting moral excellence
Peasant
Uneducated person of little financial means
Secular
Not belonging to a religion
Pilgrimage
Long journey taken on by a purpose
Shrine
Holy enclosed structure
Legacy
Something handed down from an ancestor
Martyr
Person put to death because of their religion
Plague
Disease caused by bacteria transmitted to humans from animals
Humanism
Study or theory that emphasizes human fulfillment, rejects belief in God
Patron
Supporter with money, gifts,efforts, time, or writers, artist, causes
vernacular
Using of native language
Sacrament
A symbol of sacrament to ones religion
