VOCABULARY UNIT 9: BEGINNING OF THE MODERN AGES (3º ESO)

UNIT 9: BEGINNING OF THE MODERN AGES

ANNEX

To add territory by appropriation.

AZTECS

A pre-Columbian empire in centralMexico.

CASH

Money in the form of bills or coins.

CHANCILLERÍA

Aroyal court that ensured justice during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs.

CORPS

A unit of soldiers or officers.

DYNASTY

A succession of monarchs from the same family who hold power from the same family who hold power from one generation to another.

ESTATE

Amajor social group in a kingdom

EXCEED

To have more than

FELLING

To cut down trees.

FOUND

To start a new organisation or settlement.

GUILD

A formal association of people with similar interests.

HERESY

Opinions that are different from official beliefs.

HERRERIAN

An austere architectural style, called Herreriano in Spanish after the Spanish architect Juan de Herrera.

HIERARCHICAL

Something that is organized in terms of rank.

INCA

A pre-Columbian empire that dominated the Andean area.

INQUISITION

In Spain, a religious tribunal that acted with great severity against Christian converts who secretly practised their previous religion.

LIAISON

A channel of communication.

MARRIAGE

Legally joining partners for life.

MAYANS

A pre-Columbian empire in the Yucatan Peninsula.

MITA

Mandatory public service in the Inca Empire.

MORISCO

A Muslim convert to Christianity after the whole Iberian Peninsula became Christian in 1492.

NASRID KINGDOM

A Muslim emirate (kingdom) in Granada from 1238-1492.

RECONQUISTA

The recovery of territory from Al-Andalus by Christian armies between the 8 th and 15 th centuries.

REIGN

Period when a monarch rules.

SANTA HERMANDAD

A type of very early pólice forcé that kept order in both the cities and the countryside.