Early European HIstory Vocabulary

A government of, by and for the peopley

• democracy

• republic

• dictatorship

• monarchy

An art technique that showed objects and people in three dimensions.

• Shape

• detail

• perspective

• shading

In ancient Europe, a city that represented itself as an independent country.

• Feudal system

• city-state

• caliphate

• capital

A social class system during the Middle Ages that included a king, lords, vassals and serfs.

• Estates General

• Castes

• Metric System

• Feudal system

A period of wealth and power in a country.

• Golden Age

• Prosperity

• Renaissance

• Superpower

A transportation system for bringing fresh water to a city.

• Sewer

• Infrastructure

• Aquaduct

• Aquifer

A person who seeks answers to questions about the universe.

• Archaeologist

• Anthropologist

• Astronomer

• Philosopher

A warrior or soldier considered to be uncivilized by the opposing side.

• Barbarian

• Conquistador

• Brutish

• Gladiator

A democracy in which people elect representatives to vote for them.

• Democracy

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

Payments to the Catholic church to forgive sins.

• Forgiveness

• Tolererance

• Indulgence

• Pacification