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Flashcards by Elizabeth Churchill, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elizabeth Churchill
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| Question | Answer |
| imperialism | the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies |
| indentured servant | a person who serves under contract for a set period of time to repay a debt or as a form of punishment |
| interregional | of, relating to, or conducted between two or more regions |
| kingdom | a state or government having a king or queen as its head |
| medieval | of, about, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages |
| merchant | a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; trader |
| modern period | 1750 - 1900 |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God |
| nation | a large body of people, associated with a particular territory; sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek/possess its own government |
| nation - state | a sovereign state inhabited by a relatively homogenous group of people who share common nationality |
| Neolithic Revolution | 1935 - the radical period of change in which humans began cultivating plants, breeding animals, and forming permanent settlements |
| nobility | the noble class or body of nobles in a country |
| nomad | a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place |
| pandemic | (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; universal |
| papacy | the office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope |
| pastoral | having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas |
| patriarchal | of or relating to a patriarch; the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, etc. |
| periodization | an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study |
| polytheism | the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or gods |
| post - classical period | 600 - 1450 |
| primary source | a source coming from a witness to or person living through the period of a historical event |
| propaganda | information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person/group/movement/institution |
| racism | the actions or behaviors based on racial discrimination |
| revolution | an overthrow and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed |
| rural | characteristic of the country, country life or people; rustic |
| scribe | a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially of manuscripts before printing |
| secondary source | any historical source coming from a historian or time after the certain event based on research |
| serf | a person in a condition of feudal servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land |
| shaman | a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds |
| slavery | the condition of being enslaved, held, or owned as human chattel or property; an institution that recognizes some humans as legal property |
| socialism | social organization that advocates the ownership and control of the production and distribution by the community through central government |
| suffrage | the right to vote, especially in election; a short intercessory prayer or petition |
| syncretism | attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles / practices / parties as in philosophy |
| theocracy | government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, deity's laws interpreted by ecclesiastical authorities |
| urban | relating to, characteristic of, or designating a city or town |
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