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World History Vocab
Vocab quiz
Term | Definition |
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bureaucracy | a highly complex body of workers with any levels of authority |
heretic | a person who holds beliefs that are contrary to a set of religious teachings |
imperial | belonging or related to an emperor |
autonomy | self government; independence |
Shi'a | a minority branch of Islam that maintains loyalty to the Caliph Ali and his descendants |
aristocrat | a ruling class of noble families |
Habeas Corpus | the legal concept that an accused person cannot be jailed indefinitely without being charged with a crime |
emperor | the political leader of a territory containing several countries or groups of people |
Bubonic Plaque (Black Death) | a deadly bacteria responsible for the Black Death of 1300's transmitted by fleas living on infected rats |
millennium | a period of 1000 years |
dynasty | a line of rulers descended from one family |
epidemic | an outbreak of disease that spreads rapidly |
dialect | a regional variety of a language |
matrilineal | a family line trained through the mother |
model parliament | a governing body created by King Edward I that concluded some commoners, church officials, and nobles |
meritocracy | a rule of officials of proven merit |
trans saharan trade | trade between people north and south of the sahara |
partiarch | in the eastern orthodox church the bishop of an important city |
crusades | christain campaigns to retake holy lands from Muslims |
sufis | a mystical form of Islam in which believes seek direct personal expierence for God, often through prayer and meditation |
sunni | the majority branch of Islam which accepted the rule of the umayyad and abbasid capliphates |
magna carta | a written legal agreement signed in 1215 that limited english monarch's power |
caliph | a spiritual and political leader of the muslims |
khan | mongol tribal leader |
warlord | a military leader operating outside the control of the goverment |