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EOY Vocab. Review
WKMS PASS Vocabulary Review for End of Year Test!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| domestication | the taming of plants and animals for human use |
| irrigation | method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops |
| cuneiform | Sumerian system of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings |
| city-state | independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages |
| religion | an organized system of beliefs, traditions, etcetera based on the worship of one or more gods |
| nomad | a person who moves from place to place delta |
| Old Stone Age | Lasted from 2 and half million years ago to 8000 BCE, also known as the Paleolithic Age |
| New Stone Age | Lasted from 8000 BCE to 4000 BCE, called the Neolithic Age; This time period started with the dawn of farming |
| dynasty | a line of rulers from the same family |
| economy | organized way in which people produce, sell and buy goods and services |
| empire | group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government |
| famine | a long period of time without food |
| geography | the study of the earth |
| monarchy | a government ruled by a king or queen |
| specialization | the development of different kinds of jobs |
| theocracy | a government ruled by a religious ruler |
| tribute | forced payment |
| oligarchy | rule by a few |
| democracy | government in which all citizens share in the running of the government |
| republic | form of government in which the leader is not a king or queen, but a person elected by the citizens |
| dictator | a person who ruled with absolute power (temporarily in ancient Rome) |
| senate | ruling legislative body of the Roman Republic |
| patricians | wealthy landowner and member of the ruling class in ancient Rome |
| plebeians | member of the common people in ancient Rome |
| caste system | social class system created by the Aryans in India; a person is born into their caste and cannot change it |
| covenant | agreement |
| nirvana | in Buddhism, a state of wisdom and freedom from the cycle of rebirth |
| disciple | follower |
| Crusades | series of wars between Christians and Muslims when the RCC tried to reclaim the Holy Land from the Muslims |
| plague | disease that spreads quickly and kills many people |
| barter | to trade goods and services without the use of money |
| census | a count of the number of people |
| colony | settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties to its homeland |
| Magna Carta | "Great Charter", signed in 1215 by King John, it limits the power of the king |
| philosophy | study of the nature and the meaning of life |
| polis | Greek city-state |
| veto | to reject or forbid |
| feudalism | political system based on the bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals |
| guilds | medieval business groups formed by craftspeople and merchants |
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