Ancient Greece
A city or town that controls surrounding villages and farmland nearby are called ___________ - _________
city-states
A government without Kings or Emperors.
Hint: The Romans overthrew the Etruscan Kings and established one...
Republic
In feudalism and Manorialism, each landowning warrior pledged loyalty to a tribal leader called a _______________
Lord
A series of military expeditions to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule that was organized by Pope Urban II in 1095.
Crusades
A government in which a small group of people rule
Oligarchy
The Roman assembly was divided into two groups
ONE was called ______________ which was made up of wealthy aristocrats
Patricians
A noble who received land from the tribal leader is called a _________________
The reconquering of Spain by Christians to take it back from the Muslims.
Reconquista
A center of new practices and ideas that spread
Cultural Hearth
The Roman assembly was divided into two groups
ONE was called ________________ and was made up of the remaining citizens
Plebeians
A system of rights and duties connecting Lords and Vassals is called ________________
Feudalism
Merchants and craftspeople joined ____________ to protect them from unfair business practices
Guilds
A _______________ democracy is a government where citizens take part in the day to day affairs of the government
Direct
A ________________ Democracy is a government where the elected representatives make the political decisions.
An example is the Roman Government.
Representative
The economic relationship of rights and duties connecting Lords or Knights and Peasants was called __________________.
Manorialism
In the early 1200s, Lords and Church leaders rebelled against King John and forced him to sign the _____________ ______________ which limited the King's power and led to a more democratic government in England
Magna Carta
The Love of Wisdom
Hint: The Greeks studied this:
Philosophy
The rule of Augustus started a period of stability known as __________ _____________ or Roman Peace.
Pax Romana
Christianity grew more divided. Finally the Church split into two groups:
1. _____________________
2. _____________________
1. Western or Roman Catholic Church
2. Byzantine Church or Eastern or Greek, Orthodox Chuch
Tributes are a type of taxation. The empire gained wealth from Trade and tributes paid by _______________.
Provinces