Vocabulary

3. a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by religious authorities.
4. any system where groups of people are ranked one above another. Examples: poor, middle class, wealthy
8. a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
10. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
11. a worker who practices a trade or handicraft
12. a gradual change from nomadic hunting and gathering communities and bands to agriculture and settlement. This period is described as a "revolution" because it changed the way of life of communities which made the change.
16. the body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a political unit or organization.
18. ancient trade route that extended from eastern China to the Mediterranean Sea.
19. a succession of rulers in the same line of descent
20. Government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class
22. a system of social hierarchy specific to India, which still exists today.
23. the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area
25. the reduction of unwritten customs or case law to statutory form (written law).
26. the doctorism of belief that there is one god

1. Undivided rule or sovereignty by one person
2. : a usually simple object (such as tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object
5. the transmission of elements or features of one culture to another.
6. a making or becoming specialized
7. A personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices
9. an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of public character
13. the act or process of domesticating something or someone or the state of being domesticated.
14. a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority
15. belief or worship in more than one god
17. a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies. Among the most famous are the great independent cities of the ancient world, such as Athens, Sparta, Carthage, Thebes, Corinth, and Rome.
21. a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
24. a relatively high level of cultural and technological development