| Vocabulary Word |
Definition |
| monarch |
king or queen |
| feudal lord |
managed the land and people of the manor |
| middle class |
merchants who focused on business and trade |
| saga |
an unwritten legend |
| Middle Ages |
a period of cultural isolation |
| manor |
large estate owned by a noble |
| Crusades |
holy wars |
| feudal system |
a system of managing land |
| serf |
landless peasants |
| Renaissance |
a renewed interest in learning |
| navigation |
the science of piloting ships |
| caravel |
small sturdy ship with triangular sails |
| Age of Exploration |
sea captains sailed and mapped the oceans of the world |
| enslaved person |
one forced to serve another person |
| mutiny |
seize the captain and take control of the ship |
| Taino |
Native Americans |
| colony |
a settlement made in another country |
| plantation |
large farms that produce only one crop to be sold |
| Columbian Exchange |
the exchange of goods and ideas and people between Europe and the Americas |
| strait |
a narrow channel of water |
| Northwest Passage |
water route to Asia through North America |
| African empires |
Ghana, Mali, Songhai |
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