Chapter 8 Vocabulary Quiz

Solstice

• either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length

• area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church

• the major temple in the centre of Tenochtitlan, dedicated to the god Huitzilopochtli

• either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator

combine so as to form a more complex, product

• Synthesize

• Troubadours

• Cacao bean

• Impersonate

Traveling poet-musicians at the castles and courts.

• Synthesize

• Impersonate

• Troubadours

• Templo Mayor

Omen

• a sign of something about to happen

• pretend to be someone you are not

• combine so as to form a more complex, product

• seed of the cacao tree, source of chocolate.

Disdain

• area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church

• the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia

• intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy

• either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator

Impersonate

• seed of the cacao tree, source of chocolate.

• pretend to be someone you are not

• combine so as to form a more complex, product

• Traveling poet-musicians at the castles and courts

either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length

• Equinox

• Parish

• Solstice

• Eurasia

Cottage Industry

• either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator

• small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment

• intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy

• the major temple in the centre of Tenochtitlan, dedicated to the god Huitzilopochtli

Eurasia

• intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy

• Traveling poet-musicians at the castles and courts

• area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church

• the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia

Templo Mayor

• either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator

• the major temple in the centre of Tenochtitlan, dedicated to the god Huitzilopochtli

• Traveling poet-musicians at the castles and courts

• the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia