Vocabulary

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

the act of changing something or changing your behavior to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation.

Question 2

Allegiance

Answer 2

loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or caus

Question 3

Anatomy

Answer 3

Study of bodily structure of humans animals and other living organisms

Question 4

Aqueducts

Answer 4

artificial channel for conveying water (Typically in the form of a bridge)

Question 5

Aristocracy

Answer 5

a classic of persons holdings exceptional rank and privileges.

Question 6

Assimilate

Answer 6

To take in (incorporate as ones own)

Question 7

Astrolabe

Answer 7

Astronomical instrument used to make measurements for navigation

Question 8

Astronomy

Answer 8

Study of everything in the universe

Question 9

Aztlan

Answer 9

Ancestral home of the Aztecs

Question 10

Bakufu

Answer 10

Centralized higher level of government led by the shogun

Question 11

Beliefs

Answer 11

Something that a persons accepts is true

Question 12

Black Death (Bubonic plague)

Answer 12

Deadly disease that plagued Europe from 1347 to 1351 (first wave)

Question 13

Bloodletting

Answer 13

Piercing a soft body part or veins and scattering/letting the blood

Question 14

Bushido

Answer 14

The moral code of honor and morals developed for the Japanese samurai that controlled their attitudes, behaviors, and lifestyles.

Question 15

Cacao

Answer 15

Chocolate beans that were used as currency in the Aztec empire (also used to make a spicy chocolate drink)

Question 16

Calmecac

Answer 16

School for the nobles

Question 17

Cartography

Answer 17

The art/science of graphically representing a geographical area, using a map or a chart.

Question 18

Causeways

Answer 18

Raised road or highway across wet ground or water (bridges)

Question 19

Chief of internal affairs

Answer 19

Closest advisor to the Emperor and second in command.

Question 20

Chinampas

Answer 20

Farming was done on these, called floating gardens, in the freshwater built up from the swampy areas around the lakes.

Question 21

Christianity

Answer 21

The religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus (Abrahamic religion)

Question 22

Circumnavigate

Answer 22

sail or travel all the way around (something, especially the world).

Question 23

City-states

Answer 23

Independent sovereign states consisting of a city and its surrounding territory

Question 24

Civic humanism

Answer 24

A renaissance ideology that emphasized active participation in ppubli