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Social Studies
Term | Definition |
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Primary Source | A firsthand or eyewitness account of an event |
Secondary Scource | Any document that describes an event, person, place, or thing, not written from someone living during the time period. |
Culture | Characteristics of civilization like belies and behaviors of a group of people |
Barter | To trade one good for another |
Topography | The surface features of 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 a few people rule |
Monarchy | A government where one person rules and power is inherited |
Tyranny | A government ruled by one person and power is taken by force |
Democracy | A government where 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 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 why something or someone woks |
Rebuplic | A form of government with elected leaders |
Veto | To refuse to approve bills proposed by the legislative branch |
Monotheism | 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 of people to suffer because of his or her beleifs |
Interdependence | Relying on others for certain needs |
Crusades | Religious wars for control of the Jerusalem and the 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 |