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42 Cards in this Set
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Dynasty
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A series of rulers from a single family.
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Culuture
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What is the way of life-language, tools, skills, beliefs and traditions-that people develop and leave to their children?
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Technology
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The part of a culuture that includes tools and the skills to make and use them.
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Prehistory
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The period of time before written records.
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Civilization
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What is a form of culuture that includes cities, specialized workers, writing, advanced technology, and complex institutions?
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Monotheism
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To believe in one god.
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Polytheism
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To believe in more then one god.
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Monsoon
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a wind that is dry in one season, and which shifts directions to bring heavy rainfall in the other.
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Caste
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this is a rigid social group, membership in which is determined at birth and never changes during a person's life.
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Reincarnation
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the rebirth of the inner self in another body.
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Dynastic cycle
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the pattern of the rise, decline and replacement of a ruling dynasty.
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Agora
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in ancient Greece, the marketplace where people gathered.
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Acropolis
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A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city
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Phalanx
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A Greek army unit made up of soldiers stanging side by side, their shielfs and spears forming a solid wall.
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Democracy
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A government in which the citizens hold the final power.
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Tyrant
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In ancient Greece, a man who took over the government by force but usually supported the interest of the common people against the nobles.
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Polis
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A Greek city-state.
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Philosopher
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A person who seeks wisdom and truth.
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Triumvirate
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A group of three political leaders who ruled Rome.
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Legion
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The massive military unit of the Roman army.
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Gravitas
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The Roman virtue of weightiness, or seriousness, which is related to the qualities of discipline, strength, and loyalty.
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Republic
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A political unit that is not ruled by a monarch and in which citizens have the right to choose their leaders.
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Icon
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A small piece of religious art.
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Excommunicate
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The cut off from the church
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Patriarch
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the bishop of constantinople, head of the Eastern Orthodox church
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Mosque
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A muslim temple
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Swahili
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a culture formed from the bleding of the Arab and Bantu cultures
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heretic
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a person whose ideas are incorrect in the opinion of the church
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guild
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an association of people who work at the same occupation
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monastery
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a religious community of men or women who give up all their possessions, live in seclusion and devote their lives to worship, prayer and self-denial
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middle class
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in the middle ages the people between the nobles and peasants, today the social class made up of professionals, skilled workers, business people and wealthy farmers
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czar
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the russian emporer
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bourgeoise
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in medieval France, people who lived in burghs or towns rather than the rural areas
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nation-state
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a group of people who occupy a definite territory and are united under one government
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Renaissance
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a movement in Europe marked by a revival, or rebirth of interest in classical Greek and Roman art, literature and learning
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fresco
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the technique of painting on wet plaster
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vernacular
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the everyday language of a a region or country
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humanist
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one who studies classical texts
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perspective
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a technique of giving objects in a picture the appearance of depth and distance.
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caravel
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a small ship developed with triangular sails for taching into the wind and square sails for running before the wind.
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compass
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an instrument that indicates direction by using a magnetic needle
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conquistador
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a Spanish soldier and fortune hunter who took part in the conquest of the Americas
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