SLO Vocabulary Words

Land regions controlled by one ruler

Type of government in which the people elect leaders

A thinker who seeks wisdom and answers to life's questions

An advanced society that has arts, sciences, government, and a social structure

The worship of or belief in more than one God

Type of government ruled by a king or queen which is inherited

What is an aristocrat?

A type of government in which citizens participate in running the government & making decisions

What is a Golden Age?

Cultural Diffusion

What is the Renaissance?

A settlement in a distant land that keeps close ties to its homeland

Second-hand accounts of an event or time period (textbooks, biographies)

A point of view shaped by beliefs and life experience

What a person or society leaves behind

To examine or look at very closely

Political system during Middle Ages based on duty & loyalty between different social classes

To overtake people and their land/possession by force during war

The organized way in which a society deals with how people produce & consume goods and services

A person believed to be a messenger of God

To tell or write about using details

What is a city-state?

Holy wars fought between Christians and Muslims during the Middle Ages

What is culture?

The business of buying and selling or exchanging items

To show similarities and differences between 2 or more people, places, and things

What is a kingdom?

The worship of or belief in only one god

First person accounts by someone who actually saw or lived trough an event or time period

A body of land surrounded by water on three sides