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| 4265383152 | hijab | a headscarf worn by Muslim women | 0 | |
| 4265383153 | illegitimate | contrary to or forbidden by law | 1 | |
| 4265383154 | infrastructure | the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | 2 | |
| 4265383155 | interaction | the effect of one factor (such as environment) depends on another factor (such as heredity) | 3 | |
| 4265383156 | Inquisition | a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy | 4 | |
| 4265383157 | interrogation | formal questioning by persons in authority, especially in the church | 5 | |
| 4265383158 | Islam | the monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran | 6 | |
| 4265383159 | literate | able to read and write | 7 | |
| 4265383160 | matriarch | a female head of a family or tribe | 8 | |
| 4265383161 | medieval | relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages | 9 | |
| 4265383162 | meritocracy | the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth | 10 | |
| 4265383163 | Middle Ages | the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance | 11 | |
| 4265383164 | migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | 12 | |
| 4265383165 | monetary system | system of coins and bills to create a standard value of wealth | 13 | |
| 4265383166 | mosque | a Muslim house of worship | 14 | |
| 4265383167 | Muslim | a believer or follower of Islam | 15 | |
| 4265383168 | nation-state | a country whose population possesses a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity | 16 | |
| 4265383169 | orthodox | adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion | 17 | |
| 4265383170 | patriarch | the male head of family or tribe | 18 | |
| 4265383171 | patriarchal | male led society and household | 19 | |
| 4265383172 | persecution | the abuse of a person or group because of their beliefs or appearance | 20 | |
| 4265383173 | pilgrims | people on a religious journey | 21 | |
| 4265383174 | pilgrimage | a journey to a sacred place | 22 | |
| 4265383175 | primogeniture | right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son | 23 | |
| 4265383176 | Roman Catholic | the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy | 24 | |
| 4265383177 | schism | division of a group into opposing factions | 25 | |
| 4265383178 | secluded | hidden from general view or use | 26 | |
| 4265383179 | serfs | men of women who were the poorest members of society, peasants who worked the lord's land in exchange for protection | 27 | |
| 4265383180 | submissive | willing to submit without resistance to authority | 28 | |
| 4265383181 | subordinate | rank or order as less important or consider of less value | 29 | |
| 4265383182 | trans-continental | spanning or crossing a continent | 30 | |
| 4265383183 | tribute systems | allowed reciprocal trade under both imperial protection and imperial regulation and barred entry into this trade by those who did not participate | 31 | |
| 4265383184 | Baghdad | capital city of Iraq; as heart of the Arab Empire, it was second only to Constantinople in terms of size and grandeur in 1000 C.E. | 32 | |
| 4265383185 | Black Death | the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe | 33 | |
| 4265383186 | Bubonic Plague | disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism. Rats, fleas. | 34 | |
| 4265383187 | Chang-an | capital of Tang dynasty; population of 2 million, larger than any other city in the world at that time. | 35 | |
| 4265383188 | Constantinople | previously known as Byzantium, Constantine changed the name of the city and moved the capitol of the Roman Empire here from Rome. | 36 | |
| 4265383189 | Crusades | a series of military expeditions in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by Westrn European Christians to reclain control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims | 37 | |
| 4265383190 | Empress Wu | the only woman to rule China in her own name, expanded the empire and supported Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty. | 38 | |
| 4265383191 | European feudalism | was made up of a king, the next level was church officials and nobles, then knights, peasants, finally merchants | 39 | |
| 4265383192 | Japanese feudalism | emperor (has no real power) -> shogun (has the real power) - hereditary -> daimyo (the lower nobles under the shogun) -> samurai (knights) | 40 | |
| 4265383193 | foot-binding | practice in Chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the household | 41 | |
| 4265383194 | Franks | a Germanic tribe that conquered present-day France and neighboring lands in the 400s | 42 | |
| 4265383195 | Charlemagne | king of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe, great patron of leterature and learning | 43 | |
| 4265383196 | Ghengis Khan | Mongol leader who led their conquest westward and who is renowned for his ability and his ruthlessness. | 44 | |
| 4265383197 | Hanseatic League | an organization of north German and Scandinavian cities for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance. | 45 | |
| 4265383198 | Hundred Years War | the series of wars between England and France, 1337-1453, in which England lost all its possessions in France except Calais. | 46 | |
| 4265383199 | Code of Justinian | compilation of the complex system of Roman laws; became the system of laws for the Byzantine Empire | 47 | |
| 4265383200 | Magna Carta | the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215 | 48 | |
| 4265383201 | Mansa Musa | this Mali king brought Mali to its peak of power and wealth from 1312 the 1337; he was the most powerful king in west Africa | 49 |
