1st Six Weeks
Hunter-Gather
Member of a nomadic (moving) society that mostly survives by hunting animals, fishing, and gathering wild plants, fruits, & nuts for food.
Monotheistic
Belief in a single god
Samurai
Predestination
John Calvin’s teaching that God knew who would be saved and who would not; trust in God’s plan
Estate
Division of social class in Revolutionary France
Periodization
Dividing time into historical eras for purposes of analysis
Pax Romana
A long period of peace where Rome ruled effectively and Roman culture was superior in Europe to the Mediterranean world
Serf
a peasant bound to the land that they live and work on. If his lord sold the land, the serf was passed on to the new landlord
Colonization
The act or process of forming colonies in an area that is not your own and ruling over the new territory
Factor System
A shift to production of goods in a central location as opposed to production in homes
Secondary Source
Accounts of events created at a later date by someone who was not present at the event
City-State
An independent political unit made up of a city and surrounding land
Middle Ages
Europe between the fall of Rome in 476 CE and the beginning of the Renaissance in the 14th century
Heliocentric Theory
The idea that the sun is the center of the universe.
Labor
Productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Irrigation
A man made system of streams that controlled the amount of water crops received in River Valley Civilizations
Dynasty
Ruling family that governs
Code of Justinian
Consolidated Roman laws into single legal code for Byzantines
Scientific Revolution
Time period of major advances in science and math that changed how we think about the world
Appeasement
Making Peace in order to avoid conflict
Neolithic Revolution
Prehistoric shift in human activity from hunting and gathering to agriculture resulting in human settlements
Mandate of Heaven
belief that the Chinese emperor had a divine right to rule given him by the gods
Crusades
Each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to the Holy Land in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. (religious wars)
Catholic Counter-Reformation
A response by the Catholic Church to the growing Protestantism which limited reforms and curbed earlier abuses
Imperialism
Political, economic, and cultural domination imposed on a society by another society