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Primary Source | a first hand or eye witness account of an event |
Secondary Source | any document that describes and event, person, place, or thing, not written from someone living during the time period. |
Culture | characteristics 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 mountains or deserts |
Cultural Diffusion | the spread and sharing of beliefs and behaviors between different groups of people |
Polytheism | belief in multiple gods |
Oligarchy | a government where few people rule. |
Monarchy | a government ruled by 1 person and power is inherited |
Tyranny | a government ruled by 1 person who takes power by force |
Democracy | a government where the power is shared by citizens |
Aristocrat | wealthy, powerful men who advised kings in Greece |
City-State | An early city that was like a small country with 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 |
Republic | a form of government with elected leasders |
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 develop. |
Feudalism | Economic and government system where people are bound to one another by promises of loyalty |
Persecute | cause a person or a group to suffer cause of their beliefs. |
Interdependence | relying on others for certain needs |
Crusades | religious wars for control of the Jerusalem and the Holy Land |
Clergy | religious leaders like priest |
Heretic | a person who had different religious beliefs than the Church |
Magna-Carta | A written legal agreement that limited the English monarchs power |
Trans-Saharan | across the Sahara desert |