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| 81961796 | Classic, classical | traditional, relating to a form or system felt to be of first significance before modern times | 0 | |
| 81961797 | Scholar-gentry | In China, the class of prosperous families 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 efficient and responsive than in the past. | 1 | |
| 82050253 | Filial piety | respect for parents and elders | 2 | |
| 82050254 | Empire | a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler | 3 | |
| 82050255 | Aristocracy | land-owning families who make up a small portion of the population | 4 | |
| 82050256 | Direct democracy | a government where decisions are made by the citizens | 5 | |
| 82050257 | Representative democracy | a government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them | 6 | |
| 82050258 | Rational Thought | to base one's opinion on evidence and reason rather than superstition or commonly accepted beliefs | 7 | |
| 82050259 | Philosopher | thinkers who use logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society, and morality | 8 | |
| 82050260 | Tyranny | form of government in which ruling power is in the hands of a person who has seized control through force or the manipulation of social groups | 9 | |
| 82050261 | Oligarchy | form of government in which ruling power is in the hands of a few leaders | 10 | |
| 82050262 | Barbarians | member of a society considered primitive, savage, etc. (in the estimation of other societies) ex. Roman view of Huns | 11 | |
| 82050263 | Paterfamilias | the legal head of the extended family in Rom and the only person who could own property. Made all the decisions affecting his wife, children, and son's wives. | 12 | |
| 82050264 | Autocracy | a government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it any manner he chooses | 13 | |
| 82050265 | Dictator | a political leader given absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time (in theory) | 14 | |
| 82050266 | Republic | a form of government in which power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected by the people | 15 | |
| 82050267 | Civil Service | the administrative departments of the government, especially those in which employees are hired on the basis of their scores on examinations | 16 |
