Vocabulary Review

8. Distance north or south of the equator
11. A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements
13. A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.
14. Part of the first triumvirate who eventually became "emperor for life" of rome.
15. A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land
16. a region in the Middle East that included modern-day Iraq and sections of modern-day Turkey, Iran, and Syria
18. One of the most powerful Greek city-states,the birthplace of democracy
21. King of Macedonia who conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia

1. In ancient Rome, a member of the privileged upper class
2. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage
3. Belief in many gods
4. Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees
5. A city-state in ancient Greece
6. Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and MesopotamiaFertile Crescent
7. Crescent A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland
9. Son of Pepin, crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in 800. Also king of the Franks
10. a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader
12. Another name for the Middle Ages.
17. A popular English playwright and poet in the 16th century.
19. Spartan slaves
20. a common person, member of the Roman lower class