Vocabulary 1
A line called the _____ runs horizontally (left to right) around the center of the Earth. It divides Earth into two hemispheres.
Equator
A _______ is a naturally-made item such as a tree, mineral, or fresh water, that people can use to help meet their needs.
Natural Resource
A person from an outside culture or group that was thought to be uncivilized and violent was called a ________.
Barbarian
A person with low social status, especially a farmer was called a _______.
Peasant
A line called the _________ runs vertically (up and down) between the North and South Poles. It divides Earth into two hemispheres.
Prime Meridian
The belief in or worship of more than one god is known as ________.
Polytheism
A _____ was a person with high social status in Medieval society.
Noble
The belief that there is only one God is known as ______.
Monotheism
A ______ is a building or group of buildings where monks live and work.
Monastery
____ means having to do with citizens or citizenship.
Civic
A _____ is an advanced state of human society with a high level of culture, specialization, infrastructure, stable food supply, government, technology, belief systems, writing, and social structure.
Civilization
A ____ is money collected from a citizen or business to help pay for goods and services provided by the government.
Tax
The condition in which the price of goods increases as the value of money decreases is known as _________.
Inflation
A person who receives protection and land from a lord in return for loyalty and service is a ________.
Vassal
______ is the long-term trends in weather elements and atmospheric conditions.
Climate
An estate of land under feudal control or service is called a ______.
Fief
A ______ is a system of organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
Hierarchy
Many Christians and Jews faced ______, which is the unfair treatment of someone because of their religion, or political beliefs.
Persecution
_____ is the study of the Earth’s surface and climate, and of human activity, and the interactions between them.
Geography
A _____ is a ruler in government in which authority over the people is retained through a ruling family.
Monarch
_______ is an economic system in Medieval Europe where rural society was arranged around a manor house on an estate of land.
Manorialism
________ is a system of government in which nobles gave land to lesser nobles to govern in exchange for loyalty and military service.
Feudalism
The spread of people, ideas, technology, and products from one culture to another is known as ________.
Cultural Diffusion
A ________ is a form of government where people rule themselves through elected representatives.
Republic
An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority is called an _____.
Empire