| Term | Definition |
|---|
| autocracy | rule by one person |
| bureaucracy | the different levels of people who help to organise and run a country |
| meritocracy | a system that rewards people based on how well they do their work |
| society | a group of people living and working together to protect themselves and their interests |
| democracy | rule by people who are chosen by the people of a country |
| government | the people who run a country |
| tribute | a payment that a country makes to a powerful country in return for either protection or not attacking the weaker country |
| feudal system | a ruler under this system gives land to people who promise to be loyal to him. These people will then run parts of the country for the ruler. |
| hierarchy | organizing something by levels of importance |
| centralised government | a country that is governed from one place by one person or one group of people |
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