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30 Cards in this Set
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Relating to the ancient Greek and Roman world
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Classical
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Greek term for "city-state"
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polis
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form of government in which citizens choose the nation's leaders by voting for them
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Democracy
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term derived from Greek, meaning "love of wisdom"
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philosophy
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nation with a strong national government headed by elected leaders
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republic
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elected chief official of the Roman Republic
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consul
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legislative body of government; the supreme council of the ancient Roman Republic
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Senate
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absolute ruler of an empire
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emperor
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Official of the Catholic Church
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Bishop
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head of Roman Catholic Church
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Pope
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teacher of Christianity
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missionary
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place where monks live, pray, and study
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monastery
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place where nuns live, pray, and study
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convent
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unwritten set of laws based on local customs
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common law
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political and social system in which a lord gave land to a noble to work, govern, and defend, in return for the noble's loyalty
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feudalism
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noble in medieval society who swore loyalty to a lord in return for land
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vassal
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feudal estate made up of a manor house or castle and land
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manor
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farmer or other who pays rent to another for the use of land or property
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tenant
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peasant laborer
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serf
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medieval workers' organization
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guild
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young worker who learned a trade or skill from a master teacher
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apprentice
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written agreement guaranteeing privileges and freedoms
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charter
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pardons for sins, given or sold by the Catholic Church
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indulgences
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person who "protested" Catholic practices; today, a member of a non-Catholic Christian church
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Protestant
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reform
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to improve by changing
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process in which people, diseases,ides, and trade were distributed around the world from the Americas
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Columbian Exchange
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great and often violent change
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revolution
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belief that royalty ruled by the will of God
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divine right of kings
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supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and other countries
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Parliament
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formal agreement that establishes the basis for a country's laws
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constitution
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