matching terms match terms Tools A B absolute monarchy a government in which a ruler ha scomplete power acropolis the highest ground in a Greek city agora a marketplace of an ancient Greek city ahimsa a Buddhist soctrine of nonviolence that stresses the sacredness of human and animal life apprentice a person bound by agreement to a master artisan aquaduct a channel through which water is transported ober a distance archon one of a group of officials, chosen from the nobility artifact an obfect, made by a human being in the distant past artisian a worker eith skill in a specific craft bartesr trade in which peiple exchange goods without using money boyar a Russian noble bureaucrat a trained public official who is appointed rather than elected caliph a muslim political and religious leader chivalry a code behavoir for feudal knights and nobles cardinal a high-ranking official of the Roman Catholic Church classical a style of art and thought emphasizing order and simplicity clergy the ordained officials of an organized religion crucify to put to death by nailing to a cross culture the unique way of life of a people czar the title given to Russian emperors from the late 1400's to 1918