Vocabulary 1
the act of supplying water to land or crops
What is irrigation ?
to be successful
What is prosper
What is Civilization
what is after the crusades
Time period
What is the 1500's through the 1700's
form of government where one royal person has absolute control
What is absolute monarchy?
According to John Green they were probably the greatest polity in Mesoamerica
a series of routes in one region connected together
What is trade network?
to make minor changes to something
What is modify
What is the Caribbean?
What is sugar, tobacco, and coffee?
two things scientist based their conclusions on
What are observation and reason?
Who the rulers believed gave them the right to rule
Who is God?
what chinampas provided
What is food for the civilization.
very different
What is diverse
to change in order to meet one’s needs
What is adapt
Why the America's were able to not bring in as many slaves although the slavery population increased
What is natural increase?
How the Europeans obtained slaves
What is by trading them?
Scholars who studied the natural world
What are natural philosophers?
person who rules in an absolute monarchy (monarch, king, prince, etc.) Absolute Monarch or an ____
What is an autocrat?
the method used to appease the gods
What is human sacrifice?
the belief in more than one god
What is polytheism
the act of killing a person or animal as an offering to a spirit
What is sacrifice
The country where the average for a slave was 25.
Slaves were often the only sources of this
experimentation, observation, evidence, and working with other scientists to confirm results
What is the scientific method?
“The king is from God, and law is from the king. "is a quote by whom.
Who is King James I of England
South American Empire
Who are the Inca?
a system for ranking groups of people
What is hierarchy
payment made by one state or ruler to another showing its dependence on the more powerful state
What is tribute
approximately how many slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas
What is 10 to 12 million
The amount of space a slave had on the ships
What is 4 feet?
Medicine in the middle ages was based on this?
What are humors?
This book explained the source and proper exercise of political power to young King Louis XIV’s son, Louis.
What is Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture?
what are quipus?