Vocabulary from Chapter 3 -- Krueger 2011
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| 325738541 | Alphabetic | a form of writing that uses symbols that stand for sounds (created by Phoenicians) | 0 | |
| 325738542 | Bureaucracy | the organizational structure which supports and implements the policies which come from leaders, whoever they may be | 1 | |
| 325738543 | Centralized Government | a powerful single point of rule and power generally held by a king or monarch | 2 | |
| 325738544 | Nepotism | generally unwarranted favoritism shown to relatives or friends | 3 | |
| 325738545 | City States | a style of government in which the city is totally or mostly independent of any other form of rule | 4 | |
| 325738546 | Decentralized Government | when more power trends to exist amongst the aristocracy instead of with the monarch, king, or other form of centralized government | 5 | |
| 325738547 | Dynasty | a powerful family or group of rulers that generally maintains its position or power for some time; often associated with China | 6 | |
| 325738548 | Merchants | the class of people who move objects or goods from one area to another | 7 | |
| 325738549 | Mesopotamia | A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (fertile crescent) that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires. | 8 | |
| 325738550 | Monarchy | an inheritable form of government in which the power and territory being ruled is generally passed through a family | 9 | |
| 325738551 | Monotheistic | Religions that believe that there is only one God. (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are the three great monotheistic world religions.) | 10 | |
| 325738552 | Polytheistic | Religions that believe in and worship multiple gods and goddesses. The ancient Greeks and Romans were polytheistic as is the Hindu faith. | 11 | |
| 325738553 | Synchronism | when two ideas meet and change into a singular notation | 12 | |
| 325738554 | Olmecs | a foundational civilization in MesoAmerica (Mexico) | 13 | |
| 325738555 | Chavin | a foundational civilization in Andean South America (Peru) | 14 | |
| 325738556 | Shang Dynasty | the first Chinese ruling dynasty; forms in the Yellow River Valley | 15 |
