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| 33702690 | classic, classical | traditional, relating to a form or system felt to be of first significance before modern times | 0 | |
| 33702691 | scholar-gentry | In china, the class of prosperous familes next in wealth below the rural aristocrats from which the rulers drew their administrative personnel. Respected for their education and expertise, these officials became a privileged group and made the government more efficent and responsive than in the past. | 1 | |
| 33702692 | Filial piety | Respect for parents and elders | 2 | |
| 33702693 | empire | a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler | 3 | |
| 33702694 | Aristocracy | landowning families who make up a small portion of the population | 4 | |
| 33702695 | Direct democracy | all citizens participated directly in making decisions | 5 | |
| 33702696 | Representative democracy | A system of government in which citizens elect representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about the laws for all the people. | 6 | |
| 33702697 | rational thought | to base one's opinion on evidence and reason rather than superstition or commonly accepted beliefs | 7 | |
| 33702698 | philosopher | thinkers who use logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality | 8 | |
| 33702699 | Tyranny | a form of government in which ruling power is in the hands of a person who has gained control by force or manipulation of social groups | 9 | |
| 33702700 | Oligarchy | form of government in which a few people have the power | 10 | |
| 33702701 | Barbarians | member of a society considered primitive, savage, etc. | 11 | |
| 33702702 | Paterfamilias | the head male (eldest) representative of a Roman family (anyone under his hand--this includes extended family and slaves), only one with legal capacity; all family property in his hands; ROMAN: ancient rome | 12 | |
| 33702703 | Autocracy | government by one person having unlimited power | 13 | |
| 33702704 | dictator | a political leader given absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time. | 14 | |
| 33702705 | republic | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 15 | |
| 33702706 | civil service | administrative departments of a government; employees usually hired on basis of examination score | 16 |
