History Flashcards Set 2

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Commercial farmers

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Farmers who grow crops or raise animals to sell for money, usually on a large scale, rather than just for their own family to eat.

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Urban dwellers

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People who live in cities or towns, as opposed to living in the countryside.

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Serfs

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In the Middle Ages, serfs were like farmers tied to the land they worked on. They weren't slaves, but they weren't free to leave without the lord's permission, and they had to give a big part of their crops or labor to the landowner.

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Overseas trade routes

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Paths across oceans and seas that ships use to carry goods between different countries or continents to buy and sell things.

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Early belief systems

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Some of the first organized ways that groups of people tried to understand the world, their place in it, and what happens after death, often involving gods, spirits, or important rules for living.

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Burial sites of ancient rulers

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Places where kings, queens, or other powerful leaders from a very long time ago were buried, often elaborate and containing treasures or important historical clues.

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Decolonization

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When a country that was once controlled by another, more powerful country gains its independence and becomes self-governing.

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Louis XIV

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A very powerful king of France known as the 'Sun King' who believed he had total control over everything in his country and built the magnificent Palace of Versailles.

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Peter the Great

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A czar of Russia who worked to modernize his country and make it more like Western European countries, built a new capital, St. Petersburg, and expanded Russia's power.

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Charlemagne

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A powerful king who united much of Western Europe during the early Middle Ages, sometimes called the 'Father of Europe,' and his empire laid the groundwork for future European nations.