Early Mankind
The period of time before written records.
What is prehistory?
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
What is an artisan?
(Triple Score) The land given to a vassal in return for military service or payment.
What is a fief?
A Greek city-state.
What is a Polis?
The period of time since written records.
What is history?
The belief in one God.
What is monotheism?
Exchanging goods for goods or services.
What is barter?
Vassals that paid their lord with military service.
What are Knights?
(Double Score) In Ancient Greece, a fortified hilltop where citizens gathered to discuss city government.
What is an acropolis?
Someone's way of life.
What is culture?
Government led by 1 ruler.
What is a monarchy?
(Double Score) Advanced and organized human social and cultural development.
What is a civilization?
Medieval peasants.
What are serfs?
Some lords lived in these and the Knights' had to protect and defend them.
What are castles?
The process of adapting animals for human use.
What is domestication?
Government led by a small group of wealthy landowners in Ancient Greece.
What is an Aristocracy?
Becoming an expert in a particular subject or skill.
What is specialization?
What is feudalism?
The estate belonging to the Lord that included all of his land doled out to vassals.
What is a manor?
The spreading out and merging of cultures.
What is cultural diffusion?
The world's first monotheistic religion.
What is Judaism?
Another name for a monarch.
What is a king?
A lord or baron provided land for them.
What are vassals?
Fiefs were often this as they were passed down from generation to generation.
What is hereditary?