Summer Assignment - Vocab

Question 1

absolutism

Answer 1

the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters.

Question 2

aristocracy

Answer 2

the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.

Question 3

bureaucracy

Answer 3

a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.

Question 4

city-state

Answer 4

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

Question 5

dynasty

Answer 5

a line of hereditary rulers of a country.

Question 6

civilization

Answer 6

the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.

Question 7

empire

Answer 7

an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

Question 8

epidemic

Answer 8

a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

Question 9

globalization

Answer 9

the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.

Question 10

medieval

Answer 10

relating to the Middle Ages.

Question 11

monotheism

Answer 11

the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.

Question 12

polytheism

Answer 12

the belief in or worship of more than one god.

Question 13

neolithic

Answer 13

relating to or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed.

Question 14

nation

Answer 14

a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.

Question 15

nomad

Answer 15

a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.

Question 16

patriarchal

Answer 16

relating to or characteristic of a patriarch.

relating to or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men.

Question 17

prehistoric

Answer 17

relating to or denoting the period before written records.

Question 18

primary source

Answer 18

an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study.

Question 19

secondary source

Answer 19

information that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions you’re researching.

Question 20

serf

Answer 20

an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord’s estate.

Question 21

state

Answer 21

a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.

Question 22

revolution

Answer 22

a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.