History Unit 5 Vocab

rule by the people or a government in which many people are able to participate

• democracy

• dictator

• republic

• meritocracy

a ruler with absolute power

• democracy

• dictator

• patriarchy

• corruption

a government with elected leaders

• democracy

• dictator

• republic

• meritocracy

someone officially recognized as a full member of a nation or kingdom

• citizen

• artisan

• scholar

• middleman

a worker in a skilled trade or craft; one who makes things by hand

• artisan

• scholar

• middleman

• patriarchy

a person dedicated to the pursuit of learning and the building of knowledge; valued for their thinking rather than their labor

• scholar

• artisan

• dictator

• corruption

to consolidate or bring together

• unification

• architecture

• caste system

• aqueduct

government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability

• meritocracy

• unification

• democracy

• republic

the art or practice of designing and building structures

• architecture

• aqueduct

• artisan

• caste system

a pipe or channel designed to carry water from a faraway source to someplace else, usually using gravity to help move the water along

• aqueduct

• unification

• archetecture

• Mesoamerica