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7th Humanities vocab
All terms learned in 7th grade humanities
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Monotheism | belief in one god |
| democracy | a system of government in which citizens vote to make governmental decisions |
| mosque | a Muslim house of worship |
| trade | the action of buying and selling goods and services |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| world history | to encompass the history of the human race from the earliest times to the present in all place on earth |
| economy | the way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services |
| Roman Catholicism | a branch of Christianity that developed in the western Roman Empire and that recognized the Pope as its supreme head |
| urban | of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town |
| hierarchy | a group of people organized or classified by rank and authority |
| patrilineal | relating to the system of tracing descent through the males of the family |
| Christianity | a religion based on the teachings of Jesus as recorded in the New Testament |
| matrilineal | relating to the system of tracing descent through the females of the family |
| Confucianism | system of beliefs and behaviors based on the teachings of Confucius |
| Eastern Orthodox Christianity | a branch of Christianity that developed in the Byzantine Empire and that did not recognize the Pope as its supreme leader |
| currency | any form of money being used a medium of exchange |
| faction | a group of persons forming a minority in disagreement with the larger group |
| culture | the way of life of a group of people at a particular time, including their daily habits, beliefs and arts |
| Islam | religion based on the teachings of Muhammad that believes in one god, Allah |
| Muslim | a believer in Islam |
| dynasty | a succession of rulers from the same family |
| Daoism | a belief system based on the teachings of Laozi |