history

Policies
Empire
a large collection of people and lands ruled by a single government p. 276

Pax Romana
Roman peace; a 200-year period of peace that began when Augustus, the first emperor of Rome, took power in 27 B.C.
p. 275

Feudalism
a kind of society in which people worked and sometimes fought for a local lord in return for protection and the use of land
p. 277

Middle Ages
a period in European history between ancient and modern times; approximately
A.D. 500-1500, p. 277

Industrial Revolution
the change from making goods by hand to making them by machine p. 281

Textiles
cloth products p. 281

Imperialism
the control by one country of the political and economic life of another country or region p. 282

Nationalism
a feeling of pride in one's own homeland; a group's identity as
a members of a nation p. 283

Alliance
a mutual agreement between countries to protect and defend each other p. 283

Monarch
the ruler of a kingdom o

methods and plans government use to do their work p. 275

Empire

a large collection of people and lands ruled by a single government p. 276