Ancient Man
Early Civilizations Vocab.
Feudalism
the Medieval Church
This and That
100
New Stone Age
What is neolithic
100
anything the government builds for its people
What is "public works"?
100
peasants who were tied to the land and farmed for themselves and their lord
What are serfs?
100
the language of the church and of education during the Middle Ages
What is Latin?
100
he tried to unify western Europe and was crowned emperor by the pope
Who is Charlemagne?
200
Old Stone Age
What is Paleolithic?
200
anything made by people
What is an artifact?
200
a Medieval soldier
What is a knight?
200
the belief in one god
What is monotheism?
200
the name of the Eastern Empire after Rome fell
What is the Byzantine Empire? (or Byzantine)
300
to tame animals and use crops
What is domesticate?
300
a system made to bring water to farmland
What is irrigation?
300
the land a lord gives his vassal
What is a fief (or manor)?
300
separate from religion (like government or non-religious schools)
What is secular?
300
the religion of most people in western Europe during the Middle Ages
What is Catholic?
400
a person who is part of a group that wanders from place to place with no permanent home
What is a nomad?
400
having to do with buildings or designing buildings
What is architecture?
400
where the family lived inside the castle
What is the keep?
400
having to do with the pope
What is papal?
400
the religion of most people in the Eastern Empire after the Great Schism
What is Eastern Orthodox?
500
when people stopped wandering around and started farming
What is the Neolithic (or Agrarian) Revolution?
500
a skilled craftsman who makes pots, weaves fabric, etc.
What is an artisan?
500
the symbol on a knight's shield which usually represented his family
What is a coat of arms?
500
where monks live
What is a monstery?
500
the religion of the Middle East and North Africa after the early 600s
What is Islam (Moslem)
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