Unit 1
A member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.
What is nomad
An aristocrat or nobleman.
What is Patricians
Denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.
What is Secular
Relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture.
What is Classical
An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
What is Plantation
The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
What is irrigation
An artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.
What is Aqueducts
The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; his name means “Charles the Great.” he was the king of France in the late eighth and early ninth centuries and was crowned emperor in 800. He is especially remembered for his encouragement of education.
What is Charlemagne
A Renaissance cultural movement that turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought.
What is Humanism
A person who explores an unfamiliar area; an adventurer.
What is Explorers
A member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food.
What is Hunter-Gatherer
A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
What is Republic
A medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
What is Crusades
The acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters.
What is Absolutism
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
What is Capitalism
Relating to or denoting a method of agriculture in which existing vegetation is cut down and burned off before new seeds are sown, typically used as a method for clearing forest land for farming.
What is Slash-and-Burn
A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
What is Peninsula
Medical Definition of Black Death. Black Death: The Medieval black plague that ravaged Europe and killed a third of its population. It was due to the plague which is caused by a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) transmitted to humans from infected rats by the oriental rat flea.
What is Black Death
A form of government with a monarch at the head.
What is Monarchy
The ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
What is Sustainability
A complex culture with 5 characteristics. All of these characteristics, such as advanced cities,complex institutions,record keeping, specialized workers, and advanced technology make up a civilization.
What is Five Characteristics of a Civilization
An organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
What is Cultural Diffusion
A split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.
What is Schism
Was the period in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries when there was a surge of interest in and production of art and literature.
What is Renaissance
Belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
What is Mercantilism