| A | B |
|---|
| theocracy | gov't ruled by relgion |
| polis | Greek city-state |
| ka | eternal life force |
| autonomy | self-government |
| dynasty | heredity line of rulers |
| agora | Greek marketplace and main public meeting spaces |
| pharaohs | kings of Egypt |
| bureaucracy | system of gov't where important decisions are made by state officials rather than elected ones |
| republic | form of government in which power is given to the people |
| acropolis | fortified area of the city on a hilltop |
| mummification | embalming and drying the corpse to prevent decay |
| France | modern name of Gaul |
| Turkey | modern name of Anatolia and Asia Minor |
| Iran | modern name for Persia |
| Istanbul | modern name for Constantinople |
| Hammurabi | King of Babylon that created a very strict set of rules |
| Cyrus the Great | King of Persia that practiced tolerance after take over |
| Tarqin the Proud | last King of Rome |
| Augustus Caesar | 1st Emperor of Rome |
| Constantine | named the capital of the eastern Roman Empire after himsef |
| Nazca, Chavin, Moche, Inca | early cultures of South America |
| Patricians | wealthy, landowning, ruling class |
| Plebeians | population majority, artisans, shopkeepers, and small farmers |
| allyu | extended family group that does tasks too big for a single family |
| autocracy | rule by one |
| oligarchy | rule by a few |
| democracy | rule by the people/many |
