You could say life became easier, people no longer had to move from place to place. They could also spend time on hobbies instead of always growing food. They began to settle down in villages to a safer easier life.
The five correct items are:
convention
caucus
direct primary
petition
announcement
Those are the means by which candidates enter the nomination process for public elections. The two terms that don't fit are "inheritance" and "promotion." An inheritance-based system would be like the old arrangements of monarchs or nobles, where someone took over the throne or provincial government simply because he was the son of the previous king or lord. A promotion-based system would mean that persons advanced to positions of public office not through democratic election processes, but by being promoted internally within the government. For some staff positions in government that does happen, and then those are appointed positions rather than elected positions. But for elected positions in the government, democratic processes are followed. Candidates for office must at least announce their candidacy. They may need a certain number of petition signatures to get their names on the official election ballot. Or they need to get on the ballot through preliminary steps by the larger political parties, such as caucuses, direct primaries, and the conventions of the parties.
Many Anti-Federalists preferred a weak central government because they equated a strong government with British tyranny. Others wanted to encourage democracy and feared a strong government that would be dominated by the wealthy. They felt that the states were giving up too much power to the new federal government.
Well the Byzantines' capital of Constantinople was almost completely surrounded by water. This gave them the advantage in anyone tried to invade them. They also built a large wall all around the city with protected the people from outsiders. They also invented Greek fire, which was fire that could not be put out by water. This was extremely useful to attack ships. They also put large chains in the water to prevent ship from getting through.