Geschichte bilingual/Glossary

Today we're going to build a glossary for important historical terms. This list can help to build up a better range of vocabulary.

New proposals can be submitted to: https://zumpad.zum.de/p/bilingual-history-glossary

interactive quizzes

A

• abolish; abolition
  to end a law, system or practice
• absolutism
  form of government where a monarch rules with unlimited authority
• age
  a period of time, e.g. the Dark Age, Industrial Age, age of discoveries
• age of enlightenment
  reason and
• aristocracy
  rule of nobility
• assembly
  a meeting of people in one place for a purpose

B

• bourgeoisie (eng. middle classes)
  

C

• capitalism
• clergy
• commons
• confederation
• crop rotation
• crusade

D

• democracy
  rule of the people
• duty, duties 

E

• estates
• evolution
  a slow development with gradual changes

G

• gentleman
  a man of good manners; originally landed gentry (=land-owners)

H

• human rights

L

• labour
• legislative
  law-making branch, parliament
• liberal, liberalism

M

• manor house
  residence of a lower nobleman; a very small palace
• merchants
  people who trade goods
• monarchy
  rule of a king

  N

• nation, national

P

• parliament
  elected representative of the people with advisory and legislative functions
• people
  
• president
  elected head of state
• privilege - if you are allowed to do sth. special 

R

• reaction
• republic -
• restauration
•   revolution
  sudden change of a political system, property
• riot

S

• separation of powers
  refers to the division of a state's government into three independent areas - executive, legislative, judiciary

T

• triangle trade
  trade between three ports or regions for example between Europe, Africa and America

V

• violence
  
• virtue
  

interactive quizzes

evolution: a slow development with gradual changes

revolution: sudden change of a political system, property

riot: a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd