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Kunz - 8 pre-vocab
Kunz - Grd 8 Vocabulary Review of 7th grade terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a government system controlled by a single ruler who usually inherits the position | monarchy |
| a king or queen | monarch |
| a series of rulers all from the same family | dynasty |
| a group of nations all ruled over by a single political power | empire |
| a government system controlled by a small group of people, a dominant class, or clique | oligarchy |
| a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly. | tyrant |
| "rule by the people" | democracy |
| A government system where every citizen votes on every government decision | direct democracy |
| A government system where citizens elect representatives to make government decisions for them | representative democracy |
| A constitutional government which has an elected leader and representatives of the citizens to make political decisions | republic |
| a group of people who leave their native country to form a settlement in a new land, but who are still ruled over by their homeland | colony |
| artifacts, documents, recordings, artwork, or other items created during the time period being studied | primary source |
| Information sources created by people who have studied the primary sources, but who were not eye-witnesses. | secondary source |
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