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Europe Geography & History

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democracy   a form of government by the people in which citizens often elect representatives to govern them  
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city-state   an independent state made up of a city and the territories depending on it  
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golden age   a period of great wealth, culture, and democracy in Greece  
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philosopher   a person who examines questions about the universe and searches for the truth  
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republic   a form of government in which officials are elected by the people to govern  
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patrician   a wealthy landowner in ancient Rome  
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plebeian   a farmer or lower class person in ancient Rome  
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barbarian   a soldier or warrior considered to be culturally less developed than those being fought; the term originally comes from the German tribes who invaded the Roman Empire in A.D. 235  
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aqueduct   a transport system for carrying water long distances, sometimes raised on a bridge  
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feudal system   a social structure during the Middle Ages consisting of a king, lords, vassals, and serfs  
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serf   from the 1500s to the 1800s, a poor Russian or European peasant farmer who rented land from a landlord and had few rights  
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perspective   an artistic way of showing objects as they appear to people in terms of relative distance or depth, as if in three dimensions  
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indulgence   a fee paid to the church to relax the penalty for a sin during the Middle Ages  
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