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Early History of Europe
Vocabulary
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Classical Europe:
Word and Definition
Word and Definition
• Consul – individual elected by the
people of Rome to be their leaders
• Polis – Greek term for “city-state”
• Senate – supreme council of
ancient Rome with an assembly of
landowners who served for life
• Democracy – direct rule of the
people
• Classical – relating to the
Ancient Greek or Roman world
• Republic – government in which
people choose their leaders
• Philosophy – Greek term
meaning “Love of Wisdom”
• Emperor – an absolute ruler of
Rome
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Medieval Europe:
Word and Definition
Word and Definition
• Apprentice – a young worker who
spent years learning a trade
• Manor – feudal estate and basic
economic unit
• Vassal – noble in medieval society
who swore loyalty to a lord in
return for land
• Charter – written agreement
guaranteeing privileges and
freedoms
• Guild – worker’s organization
during the Middle Ages
• Pope – the leader of the Catholic
Church
• Convent – a place where nuns
live, pray, and study
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Medieval Europe Cont’d:
Word and Definition
Word and Definition
• Missionaries – teacher of
Christianity
• Feudalism – medieval political
and social system
• Serf – a peasant laborer; a
person who worked on the
manor as ordered by the lords in
return for the use of land,
supplies, and protection
• Bishop – an official of the Catholic
Church who headed a major
Christian community
• Monasteries – a place where
monks live, pray, and study
• Common Law – unwritten set of
laws based on local customs
• Tenants – farmer or other who
pays rent to another for the use of
land or property
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Beginning of Modern Times:
Word and Definition
• Columbian Exchange – process in
which people, diseases, ideas, and
trade were distributed around the
world from the Americas
• Revolution – great and often violent
change
• Indulgences – pardons for sins, given
or sold by the Catholic Church
• Parliament – supreme legislative body
in the United Kingdom and other
countries
Word and Definition
• Divine Right of Kings – belief that
royalty ruled by the will of God
• Reform – to improve by changing
• Constitution – formal agreement
that establishes the basis for a
country’s laws
• Protestant – person who
“protested” Catholic practices