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Vocabulary and Concept Reveiw
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Decline | act of declining, to go to a lower level, fall of an empire |
| Representative Government | government or democracy in which people vote for (elect) a small group of citizens to make rules and laws for everyone |
| Judaism: list important tenants | monotheistic, Judea mountainous part of Israel, commandments |
| Christianity: list important tenants | monotheistic, based on life and teachings of Jesus |
| Islam: list important tenants | monotheistic, "five pillars" including daily prayer, fasting, and care of needy |
| Economic Opportunity | 1964 Act, war on poverty, promote health, education and welfare of impoverished |
| Century | period of 100 years |
| Cultural Diffusion | ideas and things in one culture "borrowed" by another culture |
| Plague | to smite, infest, or affect with or as disease, calamity, or natural evil - "Black Death" bubonic plague of mid-1300's |
| Feudal Government | political and social system of Middle Ages in Europe in which lords gave land to vassals in exchange for services and loyalty |
| Social Status | where a person is ranked in power - King, Lord, Knight |
| International Trade | exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories |
| Economic Systems: list modern ones | capitalism, socialism, mixed economic systems |
| Urbanization | quality or state of being urbanized or the process of urbanization - an increase in a population in cities and towns versus rural areas, began during the industrial revolution |
| Greek Governments | monarchy - one rule / oligarchy - a few rulers / tyranny - ruled by force / democracy - ruled by the people |
| Citizen's Rights | rights and responsibilities of a member of a democracy - voting |
| Literacy | relating to authors or books, ability to read and write one's own name and further for knowledge and interest, write coherently, and think critically about the written word |
| Inflation Rate | a measure of how fast a currency loses its value |
| Inflation | rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time |
| Economic Growth | the increase in the amount of the goods and services produced by an economy over time |
| Unemployment Rate | the percentage of the total labor force that is unemployed but actively seeking employment and willing to work |
| GDP - Gross Domestic Product | the market value of all officially recognized final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time |
| Per Capita GDP | a measure of the total output of a country that takes the gross domestic product (GDP) and divides it by the number of people in the country |
| Life Espectancy | the expected (in the statistical sense) number of years of life remaining at a given age |
| Unemployment | when a person who is actively searching for employment is unable to find work |
| Direct Democracy | a democracy in which the power to govern lies directly in the hands of the people rather than being exercised through their representatives |
| Monarchy | undivided power, absolute rule by one person with inherited power |
| Tyranny | undivided power with power taken by force |
| Republic | a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president |
| Greco-Roman Architecture | architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans, classical architecture |
| Roman Roads: importance and uses | helped the Romans spread their control firstly over the rest of Italy, and later when the Romans had acquired overseas territories and established an empire, to control the empire and to spread Roman culture to conquered peoples |
| Ancient Civilization: list some and explain | system of wells, ditches, and water lifting devices allowing farmers of the time to grow crops on land further away from water sources / government / art, architecture |
| Legacy | something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past: a legacy of religious freedom |
| Archaeologist | systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material |
| Polytheism | the belief in or worship of more than one god |
| Monotheism | the belief that there is only one God |
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