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Question 1

Matrilineal Society

Answer 1

Matrilineal Society
the tracing of kinship through the female line in which each person is identified with their mother’s lineage

Question 2

Mexica

Answer 2

indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico who were the rulers of the Aztec Empire

Question 3

Theocracy

Answer 3

a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god

Question 4

Carpa Nan

Answer 4

the most extensive transportation system in pre-Columbian South America. At least 25,000 mi long, built and maintained through the Mita system

Question 5

Animism

Answer 5

the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence

Question 6

mita system

Answer 6

a sort of tribute system, in the form of provided labor to the state by the conquered people of the Inca.

Question 7

Kin-based Networks

Answer 7

relation or network between two or more people that is based on common ancestry (descent) or marriage.

Question 8

Swahili

Answer 8

a Bantu language widely used in East Africa.

Question 9

Zanj Rebellion

Answer 9

a major revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate, from 869 until 883. Led by Ali ibn Muhammad, the insurrection involved enslaved Africans (Zanj) originally captured from the coast of East Africa.

Question 10

Trans-Saharan trade

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the transit of goods between sub-Saharan Africa and the northern Arab and European worlds. Goods included precious metals, such as gold, as well as slaves.

Question 11

Indian Ocean trade

Answer 11

trade routes that connected Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, East Africa, and East Asia,

Question 12

Great Zimbabwe

Answer 12

a medieval East African city known for its large circular wall and tower

Question 13

Chief

Answer 13

a leader or ruler of a people or clan

Question 14

Magna Carta

Answer 14

the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law and protecting civil liberties

Question 15

Parliament

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a legislative body of government, originating in England, it continues to be the law-making institution of that country and others

Question 16

Manor

Answer 16

a unit of land, originally a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord’s home and lands rented to tenants.

Question 17

Manor System

Answer 17

a system of agricultural estates in the Middle Ages, owned by a Lord and run by serfs or peasants. The Lords provided safety and protection from outside threats and the serfs or peasants provided labor

Question 18

3-field system

Answer 18

Agricultural system in which the land is divided into three parts of which one in rotation lie fallow (unused) each year and the rest are cultivated.

Question 19

Feudalism

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the dominant political/social system in Medieval Europe in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service/loyalty, and vassals were tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (serfs) were obliged to live on their lord’s land

Question 20

Serf

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an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord’s estate

Question 21

Primogeniture

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the right of succession belonging to the firstborn child by which the whole estate passed to the eldest son

Question 22

Bourgeoisie

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The middle class

Question 23

Burghers

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a rank or title of a privileged citizen of medieval towns in early modern Europe.

Question 24

Estates General

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a legislative and consultative assembly of the different classes of French subjects in France under the “Ancien Régime”

Question 25

Renaissance

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a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity. Covering the 15th and 16th centuries, it marks a cultural rebirth of the knowledge and culture lost after the fall of Rome.

Question 26

Humanism

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A system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. It’s belief stresses seeking rational ways of solving human conflict

Question 27

Lay investiture controversy

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a conflict between the church and the state in medieval Europe over the ability to choose and install bishops and abbots of monasteries and the pope himself

Question 28

Great schism

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1054 A.D : the split if Christianity into two divisions. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodoxy.

Question 29

Anti- semitism

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Hostility or prejudice against Jewish people

Question 30

Little ice age

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a period of bitter winters and mild summers that affected Eurasia and North America between the 13th and 18th centuries leading to a fundamental shift in the social order and amounting to a long-term, continent-wide agricultural crisis