vocab Flashcards
City state
A city that has its own independent government and often controls much of the surrounding land ex: Athens and Sparta were city states of Greece
Empire
A centralized ruler or government has control over people outside of its boarders
Classical civilization
A civilization that has developed an advanced society, with progress in arts and sciences, the use of record keeping (including writing), political and social institutions
Dynasty
A line of hereditary rules of a country
Physical feature
Geographic features (natural to the earth) ex: landforms, bodies of water, climate, natural vegetation and soil
Boundary
Something that indicates bounds, division or limits between separate areas
Patriarchal family
A male is the head of the family and male authority is valued