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History Final Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pericles | Athenian statesman who instituted direct democracy in Athens |
| Hippocrates | Greek Physician |
| Herodotus | "Father of History" |
| Rajah | Elected warrior chief of an Aryan Tribe |
| Feudalism | System of government in which local lords governed their own lands |
| Republic | System of government in which officials are chosen by the public |
| Heresy | Religious belief that nis contrary to the official teachings of the church |
| Mercenary | Soldier serving in a foreign army for pay |
| Augustine | Bishop of Hippo in North Africa |
| Imperialism | Domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life |
| Adobe | Mixture of clay and plant fibers that becomes hard as it dries |
| Earthworks | Embarkment or other consruction made of Earth |
| Olmecs | Earliest American civilization |
| Potlach | Cerimonial gift-giving by people of high rank and wealth |
| Chinampas | Artificial islands used to cultivate crops and made mud piled atop reed mats |
| Huari | City that developed east of the Nazca culture |
| Paleolithic Period | 2 Million B.C. - 9000 B.C. |
| Pictograph | Simple drawing that looks like the object if represents |
| Technology | Skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs |
| Jericho | Worlds first villages |
| Neolithic Period | Final era of prehistory; began 9000 B.C; New Stone Age |
| Nubia | Ancient kingdom in northeastern Africa |
| Sundiatia | Although his family was executed, he founded the Empire of Mali |
| Nuclear Family | Family unit consisting of parents and children |
| Songhai | Medieval West African kingdom |
| Lineage | Group claiming a common ancestor |
| Pagoda | Multistoried Buddhist temple with eaves that curve up at the corners |
| Marco Polo | Italian Merchant |
| Genghis Khan | "World Emporer"; Leader of nomadic Mongols |
| Archipelago | Chain of islands |
| Hangul | Alphabet that uses symbols to represent the sounds of spoken Korean |
| Zoroaster | Persian thinker |
| Cuneiform | System of writing that used wedge-shaped marks |
| Sargon | Ruler of Akkad |
| Hatshepsut | First female ruler of Egypt |
| Golden Horde | Mongol armies |
| Justinian | Byzantine emporer who reformed law |
| Kiev | Capital of Russia that was the center |
| Balkan Peninsula | Rough, triangular arm shaped land that juts into the Mediterranean |
| Ivan the Terrible | First to be crowned tsar |
| Ivan the Great | During his rule, he brought much of northern Russia under his rule |
| Constantinople | Capital of the Byzantine Empire |
| Patriarch | Highest church official in a major city |
| Golden Bull of 1222 | Charter that strictly limited power |
| Steppe | Sparse, dry, treeless grassland |
| Minaret | Slender tower of a mosque |
| Calligraphy | Art of producing beautiful handwriting |
| Quran | Holy book of Islam |
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