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| 4781393561 | absolute monarch | kings or queens who hod all the power within their state's boundaries | 0 | |
| 4781393562 | acropolis | fortified hilltop | 1 | |
| 4781393563 | appeasement | giving in to an aggressor to keep peace | 2 | |
| 4781393564 | aqueduct | water system that brought water into cities and towns from a river or ravine | 3 | |
| 4781393565 | aristocracy | government ruled by a small group of noble landowning families | 4 | |
| 4781393566 | artifact | human made objects | 5 | |
| 4781393567 | artisan | skilled workers who make goods by hand | 6 | |
| 4781393568 | Aryans | Indo-European whose homeland is somewhat unknown | 7 | |
| 4781393569 | assimilation | policy based on the idea that in time, local populations would adopt another culture and become more like them | 8 | |
| 4781393570 | Atlantic Slave trade | buying and selling Africans for work in the Americas | 9 | |
| 4781393571 | baroque | style of art characterized by grand, ornate design | 10 | |
| 4781393572 | barter | method of trading goods and services without money | 11 | |
| 4781393573 | Beringia | land bridge between Asia and the Americas | 12 | |
| 4781393574 | blitzkrieg | method of war that uses fast-moving airplanes and tanks | 13 | |
| 4781393575 | Bronze Age | period of time when people began to use bronze instead of copper and stone | 14 | |
| 4781393576 | bubonic plague | deadly disease that killed over one-third of the European population | 15 | |
| 4781393577 | capitalism | economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources for profit | 16 | |
| 4781393578 | caste | social system of that divides people into groups | 17 | |
| 4781393579 | chivalry | complex set of ideals demanded that a knight must fight bravely in defense of his masters | 18 | |
| 4781393580 | city-state | city that controlled the land around it and acted like an independent country does today | 19 | |
| 4781393581 | civilization | complex culture | 20 | |
| 4781393582 | colony | lands controlled by other nations | 21 | |
| 4781393583 | comedy | plays filled with slapstick situations and crude humor, often written about politics and respected people | 22 | |
| 4781393584 | common law | the trend of England's rulings over centuries that became accepted laws | 23 | |
| 4781393585 | communism | form of complete socialism in which all means of production, and the goods, are distributed equally among the people | 24 | |
| 4781393586 | conservative | people who support the more traditional forms of government | 25 | |
| 4781393587 | constitutional monarchy | laws limit a monarchies power | 26 | |
| 4781393588 | consul | Roman leaders who commanded the army and directed the government | 27 | |
| 4781393589 | covenant | mutual promise between God and the founder of the Jewish people | 28 | |
| 4781393590 | crusade | holy war to gain control of land | 29 | |
| 4781393591 | cultural diffusion | process by which a new idea or product spreads from one culture to another | 30 | |
| 4781393592 | culture | a people's unique way of life | 31 | |
| 4781393593 | cuneiform | wedge-shaped writing used by the Sumerians | 32 | |
| 4781393594 | delta | broad marshy triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the river | 33 | |
| 4781393595 | democracy | rule by the people | 34 | |
| 4781393596 | dictator | leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army | 35 | |
| 4781393597 | divine right | idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God's representative on Earth | 36 | |
| 4781393598 | domestication | taming of animals | 37 | |
| 4781393599 | dynasty | series of rulers from a single family | 38 | |
| 4781393600 | empire | the bringing together of several groups of people under the control of one ruler | 39 | |
| 4781393601 | Enlightenment | intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the ower of individuals to solve problems | 40 | |
| 4781393602 | epic | narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds | 41 | |
| 4781393603 | estates | large social classes | 42 | |
| 4781393604 | fascism | militant political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader | 43 | |
| 4781393605 | federal system | when power is divided between national and state governments | 44 | |
| 4781393606 | Fertile Crescent | rich land where civilizations first thrived | 45 | |
| 4781393607 | fief | land granted to vassals in feudalism | 46 | |
| 4781393608 | French and Indian War | land dispute over the Ohio valley between the British and the French | 47 | |
| 4781393609 | genocide | systematic killing of an entire people | 48 | |
| 4781393610 | geocentric theory | view of the universe where the Earth is the center, not the sun | 49 | |
| 4781393611 | ghettos | overcrowded areas where people are forced to live separate from the general population | 50 | |
| 4781393612 | guild | organization of individuals in the same business or occupation working to improve the economic and social conditions | 51 | |
| 4781393613 | Hammurabi | Babylonian leader known for the creation of the code of laws | 52 | |
| 4781393614 | heliocentric theory | view of the universe where the sun is the center, not the Earth | 53 | |
| 4781393615 | hieroglyphics | Egyptian form of writing that used simple pictures | 54 | |
| 4781393616 | Hittites | group of Indo-European speakers that occupied Asia Minor | 55 | |
| 4781393617 | Homer | storyteller who recorded the history of the Trojan War | 56 | |
| 4781393618 | hominid | human and other creatures that walk upright | 57 | |
| 4781393619 | Homo sapiens | species name for modern humans | 58 | |
| 4781393620 | humanism | intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements | 59 | |
| 4781393621 | icon | religious images used by Eastern Christians to aid their devotions | 60 | |
| 4781393622 | imperialism | the seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country | 61 | |
| 4781393623 | impressionism | art movement that focuses on ordinary themes and tried to show it at that exact moment | 62 | |
| 4781393624 | Industrial Revolution | period of increased output of machine-made goods | 63 | |
| 4781393625 | inflation | drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a rise in prices | 64 | |
| 4781393626 | Inquisition | court held by the church to suppress heresy | 65 | |
| 4781393627 | institution | long lasting pattern of organization in a community | 66 | |
| 4781393628 | isolationism | belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided | 67 | |
| 4781393629 | knight | mounted horsemen who pledged to defend their lords land in exchange for fiefs | 68 | |
| 4781393630 | legion | large military units of Roman soldiers | 69 | |
| 4781393631 | liberal | people who wanted to give more to the people by changing the role of government | 70 | |
| 4781393632 | lord | landowner in feudalism | 71 | |
| 4781393633 | manor | lords estate | 72 | |
| 4781393634 | mercantilism | theory that a nation's power is directly dependent on its wealth | 73 | |
| 4781393635 | mercenary | foreign soldiers who fought for money | 74 | |
| 4781393636 | Mesopotamia | plains between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | 75 | |
| 4781393637 | mestizo | mixed Spanish and Native-American blood | 76 | |
| 4781393638 | Middle Ages | also known as the medieval period | 77 | |
| 4781393639 | migration | movement of a people from one region to another | 78 | |
| 4781393640 | militarism | keeping an army prepared for war at all times | 79 | |
| 4781393641 | Minoans | seafaring people who lived on the island of Crete | 80 | |
| 4781393642 | monarchy | government ruled by a king or queen | 81 | |
| 4781393643 | monastery | religious communities | 82 | |
| 4781393644 | monotheism | belief in a single god | 83 | |
| 4781393645 | Mycenaean | people who settled on the Greek mainland | 84 | |
| 4781393646 | myth | traditional stories about Greek gods | 85 | |
| 4781393647 | neoclassical | style of art characterized by simple and elegant design | 86 | |
| 4781393648 | Neolithic Age | period of time where humans learned to polish stone tools, make pottery, grow crops and raise animals | 87 | |
| 4781393649 | nomad | highly mobile people who moved from place to place in order to survive | 88 | |
| 4781393650 | oligarchy | government ruled by few powerful people | 89 | |
| 4781393651 | Paleolithic Age | time period of the oldest stone chopping tools | 90 | |
| 4781393652 | parliament | legislative group | 91 | |
| 4781393653 | patrician | wealthy landowners who held most of the power | 92 | |
| 4781393654 | Pax Romana | period of peace and prosperity in Roman history | 93 | |
| 4781393655 | pharaoh | Egyptian god-kings | 94 | |
| 4781393656 | philosopher | lovers of wisdom | 95 | |
| 4781393657 | Phoenicians | powerful traders who worked together as city-states and not one united country | 96 | |
| 4781393658 | Pilgrims | group that founded English colony at Jamestown | 97 | |
| 4781393659 | plebeian | common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population | 98 | |
| 4781393660 | polis | fundamental political unit in ancient Greece composed of the city-state | 99 | |
| 4781393661 | polytheism | belief in more than one god | 100 | |
| 4781393662 | predestination | belief that God had known since the beginning of time who will be saved | 101 | |
| 4781393663 | propaganda | one sided information designed to keep up morale and support the war | 102 | |
| 4781393664 | Protestant | Christians that belonged to non-Catholic churches | 103 | |
| 4781393665 | pueblo | villages of large apartment style compounds made of stone and adobe | 104 | |
| 4781393666 | Puritans | group of colonists seeking freedom from the Anglican Church | 105 | |
| 4781393667 | racism | the belief that one race is superior to another | 106 | |
| 4781393668 | radical | people in favor of drastic changes in government | 107 | |
| 4781393669 | rationing | only allowing a person a fixed amount of a resource in order to conserve it | 108 | |
| 4781393670 | realism | art movement that tried to show life as it was, not as it should be | 109 | |
| 4781393671 | Reformation | movement for religious change | 110 | |
| 4781393672 | Renaissance | movement that caused an explosion of creativity in art, writing, and thought | 111 | |
| 4781393673 | republic | form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote or their leaders | 112 | |
| 4781393674 | romanticism | movement that focused on the thoughts and feelings of individuals | 113 | |
| 4781393675 | scientific method | logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas | 114 | |
| 4781393676 | Scientific Revolution | way of looking at the world through careful observation, and a willingness to question beliefs | 115 | |
| 4781393677 | scribe | professional record keepers | 116 | |
| 4781393678 | secular | having no religious connections | 117 | |
| 4781393679 | senate | aristocratic branch of Rome's government | 118 | |
| 4781393680 | serf | people who could not lawful leave the place where they were born | 119 | |
| 4781393681 | skepticism | idea that nothing can ever be known for certain | 120 | |
| 4781393682 | social contract | when people hand over their rights to a strong ruler in order to gain law and order | 121 | |
| 4781393683 | socialism | economic system where the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all | 122 | |
| 4781393684 | specialization | development of skills in a specific kind of work | 123 | |
| 4781393685 | steppes | dry grasslands that stretched north of the Caucasus mountains | 124 | |
| 4781393686 | suffrage | the right to vote | 125 | |
| 4781393687 | technology | ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs | 126 | |
| 4781393688 | theocracy | type of government in which rule is based on religious authority | 127 | |
| 4781393689 | Thirty Years War | conflict over religion and territory among the Hapsburg family | 128 | |
| 4781393690 | tithe | tax paid to the church | 129 | |
| 4781393691 | Torah | first five books of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament | 130 | |
| 4781393692 | total war | method of fighting war that involves all of a nation's resources | 131 | |
| 4781393693 | tragedy | serious drama about common themes such as love hate, war, or betrayal | 132 | |
| 4781393694 | trench warfare | method of fighting war that involves dugout holes, machine guns, and artillery fire | 133 | |
| 4781393695 | tribune | representatives for Roman democracy | 134 | |
| 4781393696 | tribute | peace money paid by a weaker power to a stronger power | 135 | |
| 4781393697 | Trojan War | ten year war between Mycenae and Troy | 136 | |
| 4781393698 | troubadour | traveling poet musicians at the castles and courts of Europe | 137 | |
| 4781393699 | tyrant | individuals who seized control of the government by appealing to the common people for support | 138 | |
| 4781393700 | utopia | non-existent community that is described in detail | 139 | |
| 4781393701 | vassal | person receiving a fief in feudalism | 140 | |
| 4781393702 | War of Spanish Succession | 1701 event when several European states joined together to prevent the union of the French and Spanish thrones | 141 | |
| 4781393703 | westernization | Using western Europe as a model for change | 142 |
