6th Grade Vocab

a system of government in which tasks are done by appointed officials

government; administration

• bureaucray
• symbol
• currency
• terror

to give an order; an instruction or a command given to a person or group of people

order; to pay for; a task

• commission
• hereditary
• inscribe
• public works

coins or paper money that is used as a medium of exchange.

Money

• currency
• empire
• privilege
• social hierarchy

a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler.

Kingdom; Organization

• bureaucray
• empire
• hereditary
• meritocracy

Having title or possession because of birth.

The passing of genetic information from parent to child through the genes and DNA

Inherited; Genetics

• commission
• hereditary
• tribute
• oppression

to write, engrave, or print on something

to carve; to mark on paper

• inscribe
• oppression
• privilege
• terror

a sign or image that stands for something else

An emblem

• bureaucray
• symbol
• meritocracy
• public works

payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender, submission, or for protection

Offering

• bureaucray
• tribute
• public works
• meritocracy

a system that rewards people based on their skills and abilities

Excellence; Greatness

• hereditary
• inscribe
• terror

• meritocracy

unfair treatment

Abuse

• bureaucray
• commission
• currency
• oppression