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world history
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| government | |
| a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | |
| government by a privileged few | oligarchy |
| a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | Aristocracy |
| Community members who owe loyalty to the government and are entitled to protection from it | |
| a form of democracy in which the people as a whole make direct decisions, rather than have those decisions made for them by elected representatives | |
| The concept, as stated by John Locke that all people are born with certain rights such as life, liberty and property. | |
| A series of kings ruled Rome. Then, in 509 BC, a group of Roman aristocrats over through a harsh king. | |
| Founder of Judaism who, according to the Bible, led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God's command. | |
| the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe | god |
| A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. | |
| The book that contains the writings or scriptures that Christians recognize as the written word of God. | bible |
| A set of laws for responsible behavior, which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God. | |
| people who are said to receive messages from god to be taught to others | |
| the monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran | |
| An English document draw up by nobles under King John which limited the power of the king. | Magna Carta, 1215 |
| King William and Queen Mary accepted this document in 1689. It guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. | |
| a thinker who uses logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality | |
| the monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran | |
| a teacher and prophet born in bethlehem and active in nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for christianity | |
| The collection of laws that were taken from old Roman law and rewritten so that they could be easily understood. | |
| state ruled over by a single person, as a king or queen | |
| Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruled by Rome, initiated an ambitious building program , including Hagia Sofia, as well as a new legal code | justinian |
| In ancient Rome, the supreme governing body, originally made up only of aristocrats. |
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