Economic terms: · Feudalism ·
Mercantilism ·
Capitalism ·
Communism ·
Fascism |
Governmental terms: · Tribe · Kingdom or monarchy (ruler: king and/or queen) · Nation state · Constitutional monarchy ·
Oligarchy ·
Republic or representative democracy |
Terms for developments in this era: · Empire (ruler: emperor) and the words imperial and imperialism · Colony · Colonization · Exploration |
Terms about people who are not free by law: · Servitude · Master · Slave · Serf · Bondage or bound · Indentured servant Tip: As I currently understand the history, the Spanish turn the Native Americans into the legal equivalent of serfs. |
Terms about people who are free but have a feudal relationship of land and protection: · Feudalism · Lord · Subject or vassal Tip:
Subject is used with
feudalism but is still used as a term today for people in a monarchy. |
Terms for religions involved in events: · Roman Catholicism · Pope (related terms of papacy or St. Peter) ·
Protestant Reformation ·
Lutheranism ·
Calvinism · Anglicanism |