Bureaucracy DEFINITION: A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH MOST OF THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS ARE MADE BY STATE OFFICIALS RATHER THAN BY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES. Confucius believed China should be a bureaucracy. Power, and authority

Legalism STRICT ADHERENCE, OR THE PRINCIPLE OF STRICT ADHERENCE, TO LAW OR PRESCRIPTION, ESPECIALLY TO THE LETTER RATHER THAN THE SPIRIT. Strict, Harsh, Efficient Legalism caused riots and rebellion to rise against the goverment

Autocracy Definition government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch. The Qin Dynasty Used Autocracy for their short reign to rule. Characterisics Dictatorship

Epic Definition noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style Characteristics Extremely, Long, narrative Homer’s “The Oddesey” “The Iliad” Are epics because main characters is a hero

Direct Democracy Definition Direct democracy (also known as pure democracy) is a form of democracy in which people decide policy initiatives directly Characteristics Determination, People Greece United their people (men and citizens) with DIRECT democracy

Republic Definition a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them Characteristic(s) Self Governing Rome A Republic way before it was an Empire

Dictator Definition a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession Characteristics Oppressive World War 2 Hitler, was a dictator in Germany during World War 2.

Inflation Definition sustained increase in the general level of prices for goods and services. It is measured as an annual percentage increase Characteristics Long term Process Taxes Taxes will sometimes have an inflation during the year due to economical matters.

Civil Service Definition a branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations Characteristics Government paid In China Many spent their entire lives dedicated to becoming a civil servant.

Assimilation Definition The process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group. Characteristics Absorbed