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Ch. 9 Sect. 2 Vocab
Europe Geography & History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| democracy | a form of government by the people in which citizens often elect representatives to govern them |
| city-state | an independent state made up of a city and the territories depending on it |
| golden age | a period of great wealth, culture, and democracy in Greece |
| philosopher | a person who examines questions about the universe and searches for the truth |
| republic | a form of government in which officials are elected by the people to govern |
| patrician | a wealthy landowner in ancient Rome |
| plebeian | a farmer or lower class person in ancient Rome |
| barbarian | a soldier or warrior considered to be culturally less developed than those being fought; the term originally comes from the German tribes who invaded the Roman Empire in A.D. 235 |
| aqueduct | a transport system for carrying water long distances, sometimes raised on a bridge |
| feudal system | a social structure during the Middle Ages consisting of a king, lords, vassals, and serfs |
| serf | from the 1500s to the 1800s, a poor Russian or European peasant farmer who rented land from a landlord and had few rights |
| perspective | an artistic way of showing objects as they appear to people in terms of relative distance or depth, as if in three dimensions |
| indulgence | a fee paid to the church to relax the penalty for a sin during the Middle Ages |
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