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Unit 1 Vocabulary

Fall of Rome and Byzantine Empire

TermDefinition
Empire A group of different lands and people governed by one ruler
Export To carry or send (something, such as a commodity) to some other place (such as another country)
Import To bring (something, such as merchandise) into a place or country from another country
Mercenary A hired soldier
Scarcity A small supply of something
Schism A separation
Christianity Monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ
Monotheism Belief in one god
Polytheism Belief in multiple gods
Dictator A person who rules with total authority
Justinian's Code Believed to be one of the first sets of written laws
Public works The systems and facilities that keep a city going
Barbarian A person who lived outside the Roman Empire
Inflation An increase in the price of goods and services compared to the value of money
Emperor The supreme ruler of an empire
Icon A religious image of Jesus or a saint
Patriarch The leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church Consisting of the Christian churches that originated in the church of the Eastern Roman Empire and do not recognize the authority of the pope
Pope Leader of the Roman Catholic Church
Ottoman Empire A Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's to 1922.
Byzantine Empire Eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the Western half.
Roman Catholic Church the Christian church headed by the pope in Rome
Great Schism of 1054 The separation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
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