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20 Cards in this Set
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Invention |
Def: a new process, technique, or product Ex: and idea, tool |
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Technology |
Def: Anything humans have created to solve a problem or complete a process Ex: Tools to make life easier |
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Commodity |
Def: An Object that has use value of its own Ex: Things used as money and for trade |
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Production |
Def: The act of creating goods and services by combining economic resources Ex: China is a large producer |
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Trade |
Def: The exchange of one resource for another Ex: Exchange of goods |
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Dynasty |
Def: Succession of hereditary rulers Ex: Rulers from a single family |
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City-State |
Def: Independent city that operates much like an independent country Ex: Romans and Greeks |
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Polytheism |
Def: The belief in more than on deities or gods Ex: Egyptians, Romans, Greeks |
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Empire |
Def: Political unit in which a number of people/ countries are controlled by a single ruler Ex: Egypt |
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Republic |
Def: A political system with elected representatives Ex: President, Senate, H.o.R, Supreme Court |
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Senate |
Def: A law making government body Ex: making of laws |
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Dictator |
Def: a single ruler who has complete authority Ex: Kim Jong Un, Raul Castro |
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Monarchy |
Def: Form of government in which one person has heredity rights to rule as head of state Ex: King, Queen, Price, Princess |
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Theocracy |
Def: Government where the ruler is either viewed as a divine figure or is controlled by religious leaders Ex: Pharaohs, no separation of church and state |
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Reincarnation |
Def: An individual soul/spirit is born again and again Ex: Believed in Buddhism |
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Mandate of Heaven |
Def: Political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source Ex: a god gave them the right to rule |
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Feudalism |
Political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, Based on holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal Ex: Knight/Samurai |
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Bureaucracy |
Def: Civil agencies that run the government Ex: FBI, CIA |
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Monotheism |
Def: Belief in a single god Ex: Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism |
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Invention |
Def: a new process, technique, or product Ex: and idea, tool |
