World History 1
People who survive by collecting wild plants and hunting
Hunter-Gatherer
Empire based at Constantinople that was once part of the Roman Empire
Byzantine Empire
Growth of Cities
Urbanization
Statements that give a person's ideas about a topic
Opinions
Farming
Agriculture
Light mobile Portuguese ship
Caravel
Political system in which citizens vote directly for leaders who then make laws on their behalf
Republic
Ruling families in which the kingship passes from generation to generation
Dynasties
Division of labor in which people do different jobs
Labor Specialization
Making of goods in factories
Industrialization
Independent city with its own government and citizenship
City-State
Writing that uses pictures to show ideas or syllables
Hieroglyphics
Period of cultural flowering and rebirth in Europe
Renaissance
Time period from about 500-100 with little surviving recorded history
Dark Ages
Use of power by one country to rule another
Imperialism
Ancient writing cut into clay tablets
Cuneiform
European religious reform movement
Reformation
Statements that can be proven true
Facts
Political system in which citizens vote directly on leaders and laws
Democracy
Where Mr. Dicken went to college
Ball State