Term | Definition |
Decline | To cause to slope or incline downward. |
Century | A period of one hundred years. |
Plague | An epidemic disease that causes high mortality. |
Urbanization | Taking on the characteristics of a city. |
Literacy | A persons knowledge of a certain subject. |
Inflation | A substantial rise in the general level of prices. |
GPD | Gross Domestic Product. |
Unemployment | State of being unempolyed |
Monarchy | Supreme power held by a single person |
Tyranny | A state ruled by a tyrannt |
Republic | A state ruled by a citizen who is voted by the people |
Legacy | Handed down from the past. |
Archaeologist | Scientific study of prehistoric type of things |
Polytheism | Belief there is only one god. |
Monotheism | Belief there is more than one god. |
Life expectancy | How long people live on average |
Direct democracy | Everyone votes on all or most of the issues |
Representative government | A government where citizens elect a representative to go as their voice to make laws and decisions for the masses |
Economic systems | capitalism, socialism, market, mixed, planned, traditional, command and barter, |
Per capita GDP | the increase in the amount of goods and services produced by an economy over time |
Social Status | place in society is distinguished from other groups by such things as wealth, property, and certain rights |
Unemployment Rate | the percentage of the total labor force that is unemployed but activity seeking employment is the prophet |
Economic opportunity | a chance to raise ones economic status. usually thought to include programs to promote health, education, and general warfare |
Cultural diffusion | the mixing or blending of two or more cultures through trade, conquering, or travel and more |
International trade | trade that occurs between countries |
Greco-roman architecture | any architecture that is from the ancient roman and greek periods |
Feudal government | a government set up with exchange in mind. based on a landowner and tenants |
Greek government | direct democracy, oligarchy, monarchy, and tyranny |
Citizens rights | in a democracy, its members are given certain rights and privileges |
Inflation rate | the growth of cities - jobs, through industrialization and factories attracted people from the farm to the city for better wages |
Ancient civilizations contributions | theater, drama, acting, comedy, philosophy |
Roman roads | overland use of armies, officials,civilians, inland, carriage of official communications and trade goods. |
Economic growth | an increase in the supply of money compared to goods, resulting in higher prices. |