World History Vocabulary

3. A ruler who has absolute power
6. To tame
9. Using native language
10. Something made and or used by humans
11. Trade one item for another
13. Organization (of laws)
17. Government by landowner
20. This word means “Rebirth”
25. A pictographic language created by the Egyptians
27. Period of time before the invention of writing
28. Rebirth based on Karma
30. To be cut off from the church
33. To supply with water by artificial means
34. To move from place to place
35. A territory settled and ruled by people from another land
37. Less of religious view, more of a worldly view
38. Process of obtaining the age of organic materials
41. The dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him laborand a share of the produce, in exchange for protection
42. People who denied the truth of the church’s principles or who preached beliefs not approved by the church
43. Belief in many Gods
44. To cause to adopt a different religion, political doctrine, or opinion
47. Focus on human potential and achievements
48. Earliest form of writing (Sumer)
49. Collection of dwellings forming a community

1. Rule by one
2. The scattering of people, particularly the Hebrews
4. Rule by citizen
5. Old Stone Age
7. Forced to leave your native land
8. Study of the past, mostly using written materials
12. The scientific study of past people and cultures, usually by studying the stuff (artifacts) that people have left behind
14. A family that has power over generations
15. The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another through migration, trade, and warfare
16. Successor or one who comes after
18. The search for heretics
19. God in Heaven decides who should rule
21. Rule by someone who takes power forcefully
22. A picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass
23. Someone of wealth who financially supports an artist, philosopher, musician, allowing that artist to dedicate his life to perfecting his art.
24. A government organized into different levels and tasks
26. Determining the age of objects based on where they are found in the earth; closer to top is newer, further down is older
29. New Stone Age
31. A system of rules that dictated a knight’s behavior toward others
32. Preserved remains of animals, plants and other organisms
36. Belief in one God
39. Rule by a small group
40. Right Belief that the Gods give a ruler the right to lead
45. To reject a decision
46. A variation of a language
47. Pyramid of Power