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WMS-SS Test Review
This stack is designed to help you prepare for the SS test on Dec. 20th
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| primogeniture | System of inheritance where all property is handed down to the first-born son |
| chivalry | set of rules for honorable behavior followed by the knights |
| journeyman | a male who completed an apprenticeship with a master tradesman who can work in his trade amd be paid for his work |
| dowry | a present of money, goods, or sometimes land given by a bride’s father to her husband |
| Renaissance | 1300-1600's--renaissance means "rebirth" in French; re-discovery of the civilizations of ancient Rome and Greece; ideas seemed to be in the air, and inventions, too--like the compass |
| Middle Ages | he period in European history between the Fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, often dated from A.D. 476 to 1500. |
| Dark Ages | Period in European history after the fall of Rome; the early part of the Middle Ages; |
| 2 Italian city states that traded with the Muslims | Genoa and Venice |
| Vasco de Gama | discovered a water route from Portugal to India |
| 3 G's | gold, glory and fame |
| Black Death | A plague that spread through Europe in the 1300’s, killing many people |
| King Henry VIII | King of England; had 6 wives; father of Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Treaty that divided the lands of the New World between Spain and Portugal |
| Hernan Cortes (Cortez) | A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire |
| Quetzacóatl | Aztec god; the "feathered serpent"; A god of earth and sky whom the Aztecs believed would return to their land and claim it as his own |
| Tainos | Native American group that encountered Columbus |
| Marco Polo | Venetian explorer who traveled by land to China |
| Montezuma | leader of the Aztecs at the time the Spanish arrived |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | A Portuguese prince whose navigational school helped start the "Age of Exploration"; encouraged men to search for a water route from Portugal to India |
| Leif Ericson | Viking who was the first European to sail to North America |
| Martin Luther | A German who protested and tried to change the Catholic Church A German who protested and tried to change the Catholic Church |
| Tenochtitlan | Capital city of the Aztecs; located on islands in the center of a lake |
| Reformation | A series of actions in the 1500’s that led to the begining of Protestant churches |
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