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2Employees of the government who tend to the
running of the government other than the
executive, judicial, and legislative branches.
Contribution of ancient China.
3Civil Service System
4Relating to Chinese philosopher Confucius who
believed society should be arranged around five
basic relationships.
5Confucianism
6Being humble or modest.
7Humility
8Chinese belief royal authority came from heaven.
9Mandate of Heaven
10Nomadic
11Migratory
12Chinese philosophy of Lao Tzu focused on natural
order
13Taoism/ Daoism
14Fortification across northern China. Built to
keep out invaders from the North.
15Great Wall of China
16Region around the Aegean sea. Area in and around
Greece
17Aegean Basin
18Farm land good soil.
19Arable land
20The trade of goods services no money is
involved.
21Barter
22Male female beings of supernatural powers
attributes.
23Gods goddesses
24Stories about history and people and their
duties, heroes, and ancestors. Used to explain
human desires/ fears/ emotions, natural
phenomena, and the unexplained.
25Greek Mythology
26Occurrences of nature
27Natural Phenomena
28Democratic Greek city-state allowing adult free
males to vote. Cultural center of Greece.
29Athens
30Privileged upper-class nobility. -Ones that
would rule in an oligarchy.
31Aristocracy
32Government exercised either directly or
indirectly (representative) by the people
33Democracy
34Citizens participate completely in the
government people vote DIRECTLY for who/ what
they want. Used by the Athenians.
35Direct Democracy
36Government by a king/ queen.
37Monarchy
38Government by a few people/ small group
39Oligarchy
40Undemocratic Greek city-state ruled by a small
number of people. Famous for its militaristic
society. Only cared about sports the military.
Isolated and mountainous
41Sparta
42Government ruled by a tyrant. -In ancient
Greece, a tyrant was someone who illegally seized
power, but had the support of the people. -Now
a bad, oppressive ruler.
43Tyranny
44Democratic alliance of 140 city-states formed
after Persian wars led by Athens. Athens its
allies. Fought in the Peloponnesian wars.
45Delian League
46Undemocratic federation of city-states led by
Sparta. Sparta its allies. Fought in the
Peloponnesian wars.
47Peloponnesian League
48A political unit east of the Fertile Crescent
spreading from the Indus River to the Nile River
and Black Sea around 550 BC. Famous leaders
include Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes
49Persian Empire
50A Greek temple built during the Golden Age of
Pericles housing a giant statue of Athena. Sits
atop the acropolis. A temple dedicated to the
goddess Athena (the patron goddess of Athens).
51Parthenon