WH Units 4 & 5 Vocabulary

A form of political organization that is characterized by a relationship between a lord and a vassal where the lord exchanges land for military service from the vassal.

• feudalism

• manorialism

• fief

• schism

Economically self-sufficient estate of land controlled by a lord.

• feudalism

• manor

• fief

• scholar-gentry

Parcel of land given to a vassal by a lord.

• fief

• manor

• feudalism

• arabesque

The lands comprising the political-religious state of Muslims ruled by a caliph.

• caliphate

• manor

• arabesque

• minuret

Class of Chinese officials who passes civil service exams to work in the bureaucracy.

• scholar-gentry

• fief

• serf

• manor

Worship of one god.

• monotheism

• polytheism

• theology

• arabesque

Religious leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

• Pope

• caliph

• Patriarch

• serf

A division over a difference of opinion, generally used in the case of split over religious differences.

• schism

• feudalism

• fief

• diffusion

A religious leader in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

• Patriarch

• Pope

• caliph

• preacher

Smallest economic, social unit revolving around an estate, controlled by a lord, who gives land and protection to his serfs, who in turn give him their services (land = wealth).

• manorialism

• feudalism

• fief

• caliphate