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Primary Source | A firsthand eye witness account of an event |
Secondary Source | Any document that describes an event,person,place or thing, not written from someone living during the time period |
Culture | Characteristic of civilization like beliefs and behaviors of a group of people |
Barter | To trade one good for another |
Topography | The surface features of the land like mountain and deserts |
Cultural Diffusion | The spread and sharing of beliefs and behaviors between different groups of people |
Ploytheism | Belief in multiple gods |
Oligarchy | A government where a few people rule |
Monarchy | A government ruled by 1 person and power is inherited |
Tyranny | A government ruled by one person who takes power by force |
Democracy | A government where the power is shared by citizens |
Aristocrat | Wealthy, powerful men who advised king in Greece |
City-state | An early city that was like small country with a government and laws |
Empire | A large territory where different groups of people are ruled by a single leader |
Legacy | Something you are remembered for long after you are gone |
Analyze | To take or break apart to find the reason something or someone works |
Replubic | A form of government with elected leaders |
Veto | To refuse to approve bills proposed by the legislative branch |
Monotheism | The belief in a single god |
Impede | To stop movement or progress with obstacles |
Emerging | To come into existence or to develope |
Feudalism | Economic and government system where people are bound to one another by promises of loyalty |
Persecute | Cause a person or group to suffer because of his or her beliefs |
Interdependence | Relying on other for certain needs |
Crusades | Religious wars for control of the Jeruslem and Holy Land |
Clergy | Religious leaders like priests |
Heretic | A person who has different religious beliefs than the church |
Magna Carta | A written legal agreement that limited the English monarchs power |
Trans-Saharan | Across the Sahara Desert |