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HWC final vocab
west civ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Maslow's hierarchy of human needs | *1. Self-Actualization 2. Esteem 3. Love, Affection & Belonging 4. Saftey 5. Physiological *#5 being the most important |
| geography | study of people. thier environments, and their resources |
| culture | way of life of a society that is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience |
| technology | tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs |
| civilization | complex, highly organized social order |
| empire | group of states or territories controlled by one ruler |
| cultural diffusion | spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another |
| legislature | lawmaking body |
| tyrant | ruler who gains power by force |
| polis | city-state in Greece |
| philosophy | system of ideas |
| aristocracy | government headed by a privileged minority or upper class |
| oligarchy | govt. in which ruling power belongs to a few people |
| democracy | govt. in which the people hold ruling power |
| direct democracy | system of govt. in which citizens participate directly in the day-to-day affairs of govt. rather than through elected reps. |
| monarchy | govt. in which a king or queen exercises central power |
| arches | (blank) |
| caesar | (blank) |
| legacy | (blank) |
| republic | system of govt. in which officials are chosen by the people |
| imperialism | domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region |
| vassal | in medieval Europe, a lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord |
| serf | in medieval Europe, peasant bound to the lord's land |
| fief | in the Middle Ages, an estates granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for secive and loyalty |
| feudalism | loosely organized system of govt. in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord |
| manor | during the Middle Ages in Europe, a lord's estate, which included one or more villages and the surrounding lands |
| tithe | payment to a church equal to one tenth of a person's income |
| sacraments | sacred ritual of the Roman Catholic Church |
| canon law | body of laws of a church |
| excommunication | exclusion from the Roman Catholic church as a penalty for refusing to obey Church laws |
| bubonic plague | black death |
| contagion | (blank) |
| epidemic | outbreak of a rapidly spreading disease |
| lechery | (blank) |
| franks | most powerful of the Germanic tribe kingdoms (see Clovis) |
| charlemagne | (blank) |
| battle of tours | (blank) |
| clovis | king of the franks in 486, conquered gaul and converted to Christianity |
| crusades | holy war |
| black death | (blank) |
| patron | a person who provides financial support for the arts |
| humanism | intellectual movement at the heart of the Italian Renaissance that focused on the worldly subjects rather than on religious issues |
| realism | artistic movement whose aim was to represent the world as it is |
| perspective | artistic technique used to give drawings and paintings a three-dimensional effect |
| individualism | (blank) |
| classics | (blank) |
| martin luther | (blank) |
| galileo | (blank) |
| scientific method | painstaking method used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis |
| copernicus | (blank) |
| raphael | (blank) |
| michelangelo | (blank) |
| da vinci | (blank) |
| louis XIV | (blank) |
| montesquieu | (blank) |
| adam smith | (blank) |
| john locke | all people are good by nature |
| thomas hobbes | all people are evil by nature??? |
| laissez faire | policy allowing business to operate with little or no govt. interference |
| mercantilism | policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver |
| capitalism | economic system by which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit |
| natural rights | rights that belong to all humans from birth |
| bourgeoisie | the middle class |
| reign of terror/robespierre | (blank) |
| napoleon | (blank) |
| continental system | (blank) |
| napoleonic code | reforms; embodied Enlightenment principles such as the equality of all citizens before the law, religious toleration, and advancement based on merit |
| congress of vienna | (blank) |
| magna carta | (blank) |
| flagellant | (blank) |
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