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Policies |
methods and plans government use to do their work p. 275 |
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Empire |
a large collection of people and lands ruled by a single government p. 276 |
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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. |
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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 |
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Middle Ages |
a period in European history between ancient and modern times; approximately |
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Industrial Revolution |
the change from making goods by hand to making them by machine p. 281 |
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Textiles |
cloth products p. 281 |
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Imperialism |
the control by one country of the political and economic life of another country or region p. 282 |
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Nationalism |
a feeling of pride in one's own homeland; a group's identity as |
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Alliance |
a mutual agreement between countries to protect and defend each other p. 283 |
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Monarch |
the ruler of a kingdom or empire, such as a king or queen |
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Middle Class |
a group of people that included traders, merchants, and other who were economically between the poor and the very rich p. 279 |
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Renaissance |
a period of European history that included a rebirth of interest in learning and art, peeking in the 1500s p. 279 |
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Humanism |
an approach to knowledge that focused on worldly rather than religious values p. 279 |
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Revolution |
a political movement in which people overthrow the existing government and st up another p. 280 |
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Parliament |
a group of elected officials in Great Britain who help govern by deciding about taxes and other law p 280 |
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Scientific Revolution |
a movement that took place during the 1600s and 1700s, when scientists began to base their study of the world on obsrvable facts rather than on beliefs p. 280 |
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Westernization |
the process of becoming more like the Western Europe and North America p. 284 |
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Craz |
title of Russian emperors before the formation of the Soviet Union p. 285 |
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Duma |
Russian congress established by Czar Nicholas whose members were elected by the people p. 285 |
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Communism |
a theory of government in which property such as farms and factories is owned by the government for the benefit of all citizens; a political system in which the central government controls all aspects of citizens' lives p. 285 |
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Dictator |
a ruler of a country who has complete power p. 286 |
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Cold War |
a period of great tension between the United States and the former Soviet Union, which lasted for than 40 years after World War II p. 286 |
