600 BCE-600 CE vocab Flashcards

32736253	classic, classical	traditional, relating to a form or system felt to be of first signifigance before modern times	32736253
32736254	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.	32736254
32736255	filial piety	respect for parents and elders	32736255
32736256	empire	a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler	32736256
32736257	aristocracy	land-owning families who make up a small portion of the population	32736257
32736258	direct democracy	a government where decicisons are made by the citizens	32736258
32736259	representative democracy	a government where citizens elect representatives to make decisioins for them	32736259
32736260	rational thought	to base one's opinion on evidence and reason rather than superstition or commonly accepted beliefs	32736260
32736261	philosopher	thinkers who use logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human society and morality	32736261
32736262	tyranny	form of government in which ruling power is in the hands of a person who has seized control through the force or the manipulation of social groups	32736262
32736263	oligarchy	form of government in which ruling power is in the hands of a few leaders	32736263
32736264	barbarians	member of a society considered primitive, savage, etc.	32736264
32736265	paterfamilias	the legal head of the extended family in Rome and the only person who could own property. Made all the decisions affecting his wife, children, and son's wives.	32736265
32736266	autocracy	a government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it any manner he chooses	32736266
32736267	dictator	a political leader given absolute power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected by the people	32736267
32736268	republic	a form of government in which power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected by the people.	32736268
32736269	civil service	the administrative departments of the government, especially those in which employees are hired on the basis of their scores on examinations	32736269