11+13 Vocab

Question 1

Restore

Answer 1

restore

to bring something back to an earlier or better condition

Question 2

Civil

Answer 2

civil

relating to the state or government

Question 3

Principle

Answer 3

principle

a basic truth or belief

Question 4

neo-Confucianism

Answer 4

neo-Confucianism

a new form of the ideas of the philosopher Confucius; included Buddhist and Daoist beliefs

Question 5

method

Answer 5

method

a way of doing something

Question 6

Transfer

Answer 6

transfer

to copy from one surface to another by contact

Question 7

Calligraphy

Answer 7

calligraphy

artistic handwriting

Question 8

steppe

Answer 8

steppe

flat, dry grassland

Question 9

Unify

Answer 9

unify

to bring together as one

Question 10

Terror

Answer 10

terror

violent acts that are meant to cause fear in people

Question 11

Regime

Answer 11

regime

rulers during a given period of time

Question 12

Role

Answer 12

role

something that plays a part in a process

Question 13

Established

Answer 13

establish

to bring into existence

Question 14

Fjord

Answer 14

fjord

a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes

Question 15

Missionaries

Answer 15

missionaries

people who are sent by a religious organization to spread the faith

Question 16

Concordat

Answer 16

concordat

agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country

Question 17

Feudalism

Answer 17

feudalism

political order; under feudalism, nobles governed and protected people in return for services

Question 18

Vassal

Answer 18

vassal

a low-ranking noble under the protection of a feudal lord

Question 19

Military

Answer 19

military

relating to soldiers, arms, or war

Question 20

Feif

Answer 20

Land granted to a vassel

Question 21

Knight

Answer 21

Lower ranking vassals

Question 22

Serf

Answer 22

serf
a member of the peasant class tied to the land and subject to the will of the landowner

Question 23

Guild

Answer 23

guild

a group of merchants or craftspeople

Question 24

Grand jury

Answer 24

grand jury

a group of citizens that meets to decide whether people should be accused of a crime

Question 25

Trial jury

Answer 25

trial jury | a group of citizens that decides whether an accused person is innocent or guilty

Question 26

Document

Answer 26

document | an original or official paper used as the basis or proof of something

Question 27

Cooperate

Answer 27

cooperate | to work together

Question 28

Accurate

Answer 28

accurate | correct and free from errors

Question 29

Secure

Answer 29

secure | free from danger

Question 30

Theology

Answer 30

theology | the study of religious faith, practice, and experience

Question 31

Scholasticism

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scholasticism | a way of thinking that combined faith and reason

Question 32

Goal

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goal | something that a person works to achieve; aim

Question 33

Theology

Answer 33

the everyday spoken language of a region

Question 34

Mass

Answer 34

mass | religious worship service for Catholic Christians

Question 35

Heresy

Answer 35

heresy | a religious belief that contradicts what the church says is true

Question 36

Anti-semitism

Answer 36

anti-Semitism | hostility toward or discrimination against Jews