| A | B |
| crusades | series of wars -Christians vs Muslims who held Holy Land |
| cultral bias | the way a person's culture shapes their attitude toward an event |
| cultural diffusion | customs or items of a culture moves from 1 part of world to another |
| cultural diversity | variety of customs, ideas, & ways of living among people w/in a region |
| culture | customs, ideas, & way of life of a group of people |
| Cyrillic alphabet | alphabet devised by Greek monks |
| czar | Russian word for Caesar; title of ruler of Russian Empire |
| daimyo | powerful warrior knights directly below shogun, Japan feudal period |
| decentralization | to break down into smaller units |
| deforestation | to clear land of forest & trees |