Unit 2: How Trade and Travel Changed the World
Lesson E: Rise of Early Europe
Key Terms
| Key Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| centralized rule | a form of government where power is united under a one authority |
| city-state | self-governing state composed of independent city and adjacent territory controlled by it |
| Classical Period | in Greece and Rome, the time period roughly between 1000 BCE and the fall of Rome around 500 CE |
| Crusades | wars undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries over the Holy Land |
| dynastic | describing a series of rulers from the same family |
| feudalism | a system for organizing and governing society based on land and service (obligation); found in Europe and Japan |
| globalization | the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of political ideas through communication, transportation, and trade |
| manorial system | social, economic, and political system in Europe after the fall of the Roman empire |
| republic | a government in which citizens have the right to choose their own leaders |
Directions: Practice using these key terms.
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