Key 9 Honors Packet Review

Neolithic Revolution

The transition from nomadic hunter-gatherer societies to settled agricultural communities, marked by the domestication of plants and animals.

Nomads

People who move from place to place rather than settling permanently in one location.

Subsistence farming

A type of farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.

Golden Age

A period of great achievement in a civilization, often characterized by cultural, economic, and technological advancements.

Trade Routes

Paths or networks that traders follow to exchange goods, ideas, and culture between different regions.

Absolutism

A political system in which a single ruler or authority has complete control over the government and is not bound by laws or a constitution.

Limited Monarchy

A political system in which a monarch's powers are restricted by a constitution or parliament.

Magna Carta

A historic document signed in 1215 that limited the powers of the King of England and laid the foundation for parliamentary democracy.

Crusades

A series of religious wars initiated by European Christians to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.

Encomienda System

A labor system that rewarded Spanish explorers with the labor of specific groups of Indigenous peoples.

Columbian Exchange

The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World following Columbus's voyages.

Triangle Trade

A historical trade route that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas, involving the exchange of goods, enslaved people, and raw materials.

Middle Passage

The route taken by slave ships from West Africa to the Americas, infamous for the brutal conditions faced by enslaved Africans.