History Vocabulary 1-8

Question 1

Religious toleration

Answer 1

a recognition of people’s right to hold differing religious beliefs.

Question 2

Patriarchal

Answer 2

relating to a social system in which the father is head of the family.

Question 3

Matriarchal

Answer 3

relating to a social 
system in which the mother is head of the family.

Question 4

Silk Roads

Answer 4

a system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along which
traders carried silk and other trade goods.

Question 5

Centralized Government

Answer 5

a government in which power is concentrated in a central
authority to which local governments are subject.

Question 6

Civil Service

Answer 6

the administrative departments of a government—especially those in
which employees are hired on the basis of their scores on examinations.

Question 7

Monopoly

Answer 7

a group’s exclusive control over the production and distribution of
certain goods.

Question 8

Assimilation

Answer 8

the adoption of a conqueror’s culture by a conquered people