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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| primary source | a firsthand or eyewitness account of an event |
| secondary source | any document that describes an event, person, place, or thing, not written from someone living in that time period |
| culture | charactoristicts of civilization like belifs and behaviors of a group of people |
| barter | trade one good for another |
| topography | the surface featuresof the land like rocks |
| cultural diffution | spread of culture |
| polythiesm | belief in many gods |
| oligarchy | a goverment where a few people rule |
| tyranny | a geverment where the ruler takes power by force |
| democracy | a goverment where the people take power |
| aristocrat | wealthy, powerful men who advised kings in greece |
| city-state | an early city that was like a small city and had a geverment |
| empire | a large place where different groups of people were ruled by one person |
| legacy | something you are remembered for long after you are gone |
| analize | to take or break apart to find the reason something or someone works |
| republic | a form of goverment with elected leaders |
| veto | to refuse bills from the legastative branch |
| monothiesm | belief in a single god |
| impede | to stop movement or progress in something |
| emerging | to come into existance or to develop |
| feudilism | economic and goverment system where people are bound to one another by promises of loyalty |
| persecute | couse a person to suffer becuase of his or her beliefs |
| interdependance | relying on others for certian needs |
| clergy | religous leaders like priests |
| heritic | a person who has different religous beliefs than the church |
| magna carta | a written legal agreement that limited the kings power |
| trans saharan | across the sahara dessert |