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The Reveiw terms
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History
9th Grade
09/07/2009

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BC
Definition
Events that happened before the birth of Crist
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AD
Definition
Anno Domini-latin-in the year of the lord
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BCE
Definition
Before the common era
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CE
Definition
Common era
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history
Definition
The branch of knowlage with past events
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Primary Sourse
Definition
Firsthand information about people or events of the past, such as that found in a diary or legal docment
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Secondary sourse
Definition
information about the past that is not based on direct experience
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bias
Definition
prejuddice for or agaist someone or something
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Bureacraacy
Definition
syatem of managing government throught departments run by appointed officials
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cultural diffusion
Definition
the spread of ideas customs and technologies from one people to anthor
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monarchy
Definition
government in which a king or queen exercises central power
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aristocracy
Definition
government headed by a prilvilaged minority or uppper class
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oligarcy
Definition
government in which ruling power belongs to few people
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democracy
Definition
governent in which people hold the ruling system
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direct democracy
Definition
syatem of government in which citizens participate directly rather than elected reps
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republic
Definition
system of goverment in which officials are chosen by the people
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charter
Definition
in the middle ages, a written document that set out the righgts and privilages of a town
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guild
Definition
in the middle ages association of merchants or artisans who cooperateed to protect the economic interest
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common law
Definition
syatem of law absed on court decisions that become accepted legal principla
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trail jury
Definition
decideds the guilt or inocence of the defendant
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grand jury
Definition
decieds if their is enoght evidence to go to court
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Magna carta
Definition
the charter that guarenteed the rights of english nobels by king john
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Parliment
Definition
the legislature of great britan the assembly of three estates
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House of Lords
Definition
The upper nonelective class of parlimen
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House of commons
Definition
the elective lower class of parliment
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Estates General
Definition
Law making body of france
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bubonic plague
Definition
a fatal infection in 1300s transmitted by fleas
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Justinian Code
Definition
Collection or revisioons of romans laws by the empereor justinnian
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autocrat
Definition
absolute ruler with complete or soul authority
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ethnic group
Definition
large group of ruling people who share the same language and cultural heritage
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