vocabulary
Absolutism
Middle Ages
AfricanCivilizations
Asian Civilizations
100
The worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
100
Louis XIV,king of France for 72 years, once said "Le'tat,c'est mio" which means this.
What is 'I am the State."
100
They were more than just boards, they were peasants who worked in the fields.
What were serfs?
100
These wee known as "ships of the desert."
What were camels?
100
Japan is an archipelago,or this.
What is a chain of islands?
200
The Change that took place10,000 years ago when man learned how to farm and domesticate animals.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
200
The Symbol of Louis XIV's rule.
What is the sun?
200
Code of behavior that knights had to follow.
What was chivalry?
200
Largest desert in the world it stretches across northern Africa.
What is the Sahara?
200
He was the great general, or head of the warrior class of feudal Japan.
What is the shogun?
300
Archaelogists learn about early civilizations by studying remains from that time period, or these.
What are artifacts?
300
Place near Paris, where Louis XIV built his magnificent palace.
What is Versailles?
300
Political, social, and economic system that existed in the Middle Ages in Europe.
What is feudalism?
300
West African trading kingdoms profited from the trade of gold and this product.
What is salt?
300
The Chinese philosopher Confucius taught filial piety, or respect for these.
What is ones parents?
400
Type of government where power lies with the people.
What is democracy?
400
Peter the Great of Russia, fought wars to gain land so he could have "windows" to the west. What were "windows?"
What are warm water seaports?
400
The leader of the Catholic Church.
What is the pope?
400
Early city in western Africa which became a center of culture and learning.
What is Timbuktu?
400
The main trade route between china and Europe.
What is the Silk Road?
500
Type of ruler with total power over his people?
What is a dictator, or absolute ruler?
500
When King Phillip II of Spain tried to marry Queen Elizabeth I of England she replied 'I am already married, I am married to my __________."
What is country?
500
The Byzantine Empire was centered at this city.
What is Constantinople?
500
Mansa Musa was the leader of this West African civilization, and made a pilgrimage to Mecca after converting to Islam.
Who was Mansa Musa?
500
These people, under Genghis Khan, were nomadic herders of central Asia, and built a huge empire across that continent.
What is the Mongols?
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