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a citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill; it means “high city” in Greek.
What is an acropolis?
The pope and his power
What is the papacy?
costs that remain the same/are predictable.
What are fixed expenses?
Sun-centered theory of the universe
What is the heliocentric theory?
a ruler with absolute power and authority; typically one who has been acquired by force.
What is a dictator?
a large, open-air arena used for entertainment.
What is an amphitheater?
an especially widespread disease that can affect a whole country or the world
What is a pandemic?
costs that fluctuate/are not predictable.
What are variable expenses?
The story of what happened in the past based on primary and secondary sources
What is a historical narrative?
a government in which people vote to make their own rules and laws.
What is a direct democracy?
To make a legal entity no longer legal or valid
What is to annul?
Wealthy landowners in Rome who held property, money, and often a high position in government
What is a patrician?
The ability to borrow money with the promise you'll pay it back
What is credit?
Characteristics of or relating to Greek civilization in the ancient world
What is Hellenistic?
power or authority is divided among different groups or levels.
What is division of powers?
the highest class or group of people in a society
What is an aristocracy?
the way a person views or interprets events or issues; point of view; in art, creating a realistic sense of three-dimensional space on a flat surface.
What is perspective?
Inputs used to produce goods and services (land, labor, capital)
What are productive resources?
a person who has legal claim to property or title when the person holding that property or title dies.
What is an heir?
the movement of any people from their homeland.
What is diaspora?
A system of thought that focuses on people and their ability to reason
What is humanism?
a government in which the people vote for (elect) a smaller group of citizens to make the rules and laws for everyone.
What is a representative (indirect) democracy?
Spending that is mandatory or essential
assuming that people who share certain characteristics or beliefs also share other characteristics or beliefs.
What is a generalization?
acting dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
What is corruption?