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OMC -SS-Chapter 11
Oak Manor Center - Social Studies - Chapter 11 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Classical | Referring to the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome |
City-state | Independent political unit that includes a city and the surrounding area |
Democracy | A form of limited government in which power rests with the people, and all citizens share in running the government |
Republic | A government in which people choose their leaders |
Emperor | An all-powerful ruler |
Pope | The head of the Roman Catholic Church |
Feudalism | A political and social system in which kings gave land to the nobles in exchange for the nobles' promise to serve them; those nobles provided military service as knights for the king. |
Nation-state | A country formed of people who share a common culture and history. |
Revolution | A sweeping change |
Holocaust | The mass killing of 6 million European Jews by Germany's Nazi leaders during World War II. |
Communism | A system of government in which the government controls the ways of producing goods. |