| A | B |
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| culture | A way of life that is shared by a group of people |
| domestication | Breeding plants or taming animals to meet human needs |
| civilization | A complex culture that has cities, specialized jobs, organized government and religion, a system of record keeping, and advanced tools |
| mound builders | Early native Americans who built large mounds |
| technology | The use of tools and knowledge to meet human needs |
| slash and burn agriculture | Farming method in which farmers chop down and then burn trees on a plot of land |
| Iroquois League | Alliance of five northern Iroquois nations |
| Islam | Religion founded by Muhammad that teaches that there is one god, Allah |
| European Middle Ages | The period from the late 400's to about 1300 |
| feudalism | A political system in which a king lets nobles use lands in return for military service |
| Crusades | A series of wars between Christians and Muslims over control of the Holy Land |
| Renaissance | A period in Europe of increased interest in art and learning |
| Reformation | A movement to correct problems in the Roman Catholic church |
| Muslim | A follower of Islam |
| navigator | A person who plans the course of a ship using instruments to find its position |
| caravel | A ship with triangular and square salesthat improved the ability of sailing nearly into the wind |
| Christopher Columbus | An Italian sailor who reached the Americas when he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in search of Asia |
| Bartholomeu Dias | Portuguese explorer who reaced the southern tip of Africa, Cape of Good Hope |
| Vasco da Gama | Portugese who found an all water route to Asia |
| King Ferdinand | King of Spain who financed Christopher Columbus |
| drought | Long period of low rainfall |
| diverse | different |
| environment | The world around you |
| humanism | The study of human worth and achievement |
| instability | A lack of stability |
| irrigate | To water crops in farming |
| log | A record kept |
| nomad | A person who has no permanent home but moves constantly |
| philosophy | The study of the meaning of life |
| savanna | Grassland with shrub and trees |
| bubonic plague | A deadly disease that killed millions in Europe |
| serf | A peasant who farmed and did other duties for the lord and who could not leave the estate (property) |
| theory | A scientific belief |
