| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Classic ; Classical | traditional, relating to a form or system felt to be of first significance before modern times. |
| Scholar-gentry | In China, the class of prosperous families next in wealth below the rural aristocrats from which rulers drew their administrative personnel. Respected for their education and expertise, these officials become a prviliged group and made the government more efficient and responsice than in the past. |
| Filial piety | respect for parents and elders. |
| Empire | a politcal unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler. |
| Aristocracy | land-owning families who make up a small portion of the population. |
| Direct Democracy | a government where decisions are made by the citizens. |
| Representative Democracy | a government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them |
| Rational Thought | To base one's opinion of evidence and reason rather than superstition or commonly accepted beliefs. |
| Philosopher | Thinkers who use logic and reason to investigate the nature of the universe, human soociety, and morality |
| Tyranny | form of government in which ruling power is in the hands of a person who has siezed control through force and ir the manipulation of social groups. |
| Oligarchy | Form of government in which ruling power is in the habds if a few leaders. |
| Barbarians | Member of society considered primative, savage, etc. ( in the estimation of other societies) Ex: Romans view of Huns. |
| 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. |
| Autocracy | A government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it any manner h chooses. |
| Dictator | A political given absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time (In theory). |
| Republic | A form of government in which power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected by the people. |
| Civil Service | The administrative departments if te government, especially those in which employees are hired on the basis if their scores on examinations. |
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