World History 2 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Republican
Government in which people choose
Patricians
Highest people in government landholder members
Plebeians
Also known as cameras who eventually got access to vote
Messiah
Savior who is sent by God to show Jews freedom
Puebloans
Large Village
Tribute
Payment mostly from Conqure people
Kiva
A large chamber underground used for religion purposes
Iliad and the odyssey
To Palms by homer based on Trojan war
Oligarchy
A government of powerful business people usually in groups
Polis
The Greek screw a new version of city state
Democracy
The city state of Athens created the government by people known as democracy
Acropolis
Known as high city
Direct democracy
Large amounts of male citizens to part in the government
Aristocracy
A rule by landholder
Feudalism
Powerful Lords divided the big land holdings Also the idea of different social ranks between the vessels Manor knights and serfs
Vessels
Lesser lards promised land in return for protection
Knight
Mounted warrior many boys train for this position mounted means on a horse back
Secular
Very powerful worldly force in medieval Europe
Guilds
Association that was a big part of medieval towns
Vernacular
Language of natives
Magna Carta
Charter/document that had two laws within it one of the laws was nobles have rights nobles are citizens and monarchs must obey laws
The Mayans
Social classes,pyramid temples, Hoeroglyphics, calendar
Aztecs
Hundreds of years after Mayans, Conquest war, human sacrifice, social class one ruler, angry rebellious citizens welcome in Spanish conquest or‘s
Inca
South America, ruler desire , road systems, 14,000 miles, roadway through mountains and deserts