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| An era in which rationalism prevails, especially the period of the Enlightenment in England, France, and the United States. | Age of Reason |
| man built channel: example Erie ___ | aqueduct |
| a water-bearing layer of soil, sand, gravel, or rock that will yield usable quantities of water | aquifer |
| ordered by time, occurence in time | chronology |
| an instrument for measuring time precisely; highly accurate kind of clock or watch, as for scientific use. | chronometer |
| Those branches of public service that are not legislative, judicial, or military and in which employment is usually based on competitive examination. | civil service |
| people ordained (recognized as an official representative of a church through education and ceremony) for religious service. | clergy |
| Any of the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover the “Holy Land” (Jerusalem). | crusades |
| to go down from, to disagree with another opinion | dissent |
| a philosophical movement of the eighteenth century-enlighten means to cause to see clearly | The Enlightenment |
| A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century | feudalism |
| The national legislature of various countries especially that of the United Kingdom | parliament |
| Lord, Vassal, Fief, Peasant are the members of this society-it is based on the ownership of land | medieval society |
| a body of water south of the European continent; north of the continent of Africa and to the west of Arabian peninsula and Asia | Mediterranean Sea |
| The period in European history between antiquity and the Renaissance, often dated from A.D. 476 to 1453. | Middle Ages |
| 14th century 1. undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person | monarchy |
| The place where a community of persons, especially monks, bound by vows to a religious life and often living in partial or complete seclusion. | monastery |
| of royal birth-A class of persons distinguished by high birth or rank and in Great Britain including dukes and duchesses, marquises and marchionesses, earls and countesses, viscounts and viscountesses, and barons and baronesses. | nobility |
| a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and ended in the establishment of new religions. | Protestant Reformation |
| a person who disagrees with the church or church teaching | religious dissenter |
| A rebirth or revival. | Renaissance |
| the period of advances in science that was at its height in the 17th century and produced widespread change in traditional beliefs held since the Middle Ages | Scientific Revolution |
| An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea extending some 6440 km (4000 mi) and linking China with the Roman Empire. Reopened following the exploring of Marco Polo. | Silk Road(s) |
| The land and waters under the jurisdiction of a government. | territory |
