Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Christian Europe/Inner and East Asia
,,,
10
History
9th Grade
11/22/2009

Additional History Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
pilgrimage
Definition
Journey to a sacred shrine by Christians seeking to show their piety, fulfill vows, or gain absolution for sins, ex. Jerusalem
Term
Crusades
Definition
Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule. The Crusades brought and end to West Europe's centuries of intellectual & cultural isolation.
Term
monasticism
Definition
Living in a religious community apart from secular society and adhereing to a rule stipulating chastity, obedience, and poverty.
Term
papacy
Definition
the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is head
Term
serf
Definition
an agricultural laborer legally bond to the land's property and obligated to perform set services for the lord
Term
Grand Canal
Definition
the 1100 mile waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers
Term
gunpowder
Definition
a mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, & charcoal in various proportions used to propel bullets, cannonballs, and shots and to make explosives
Term
neo-Confucianism
Definition
new approaches to understanding classic Confucian texts that became the basic ruling philosphy of China from the Song period to the 20th century
Term
movable type
Definition
type in which each individual character is cast on a seperate piece of metal. It replaced woodblock printing, allowing for the arrangement of individual letters and other characters on a page rather than have to carve an entire page
Term
Champa rice
Definition
Quick-maturing rice that can allow two harvests in one growing season. From India, later sent to China as a tribute gift by Champa.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!