History Vocabulary 5-8

Question 1

Centralized Government

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Civil Service

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Monopoly

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

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