Mr. Barnwell's huge assignment: vocab unit 1
23840019 | Neolithic | New Stone Age btw. 8000 and 5000 BCE; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished | 0 | |
23840020 | Afterlife | Part of religious belief that you will live again in a life after this one on Earth | 1 | |
23840021 | Autonomy | A self-governing state, community, or group | 2 | |
23840022 | Bureaucracy; civil service | Administration of a government chiefly through bureaus or departments staffed with nonelected officials | 3 | |
23840023 | Caste system | Social class structure in India, with "Untouchables", and so forth | 4 | |
23840024 | Citizen | A person belonging to a certain nation | 5 | |
23840025 | Conversion | The switching from one way of thinking or doing things (especially beliefs) to another | 6 | |
23840026 | Deity | A god or goddess | 7 | |
23840027 | Domesticated Plants and Animals | Started around 8000 B.C.E., dogs, horses, wheat, barley, etc. | 8 | |
23840028 | Elites | A group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status. | 9 | |
23840029 | Empire | A nation or group of territories ruled by a single, powerful leader or emperor | 10 | |
23840030 | Feudal | The social and economic arrangement under which people are paid for protection and farming privleges by giving goods and services to an overlord | 11 | |
23840031 | Filial | Pertaining to a son or daughter | 12 | |
23840032 | Hunting-Gathering | Ancient ways of gathering food, before agriculture and domestication | 13 | |
23841189 | Ideology | Beliefs (esp. religious) | 14 | |
23841190 | Imperial | Of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor;of superior or unusual size or excellence; sovereign b: regal, imperious | 15 | |
23841191 | Kinship Groups | Group of people related by blood or marriage | 16 | |
23841192 | Missionaries | People who go to places and enlighten those to their beliefs | 17 | |
23841193 | Monasticism | Living in a religious community apart from secular society and adhering to a rule stipulating chastity, obedience, and poverty. (Primary Centres of Learning in Medieval Europe) | 18 | |
23841194 | Monotheism | Believing in only one god | 19 | |
23841195 | Nobility | Family (however distant) related to the ruling person at that time (usually very wealthy and with titles of their own) | 20 | |
23841196 | Nomadic | Lifestyle before agriculture and domestication, always moving with food source's pattern | 21 | |
23841197 | Nun | A woman who has taken vows (Christianity), a woman who devotes herself to religious life | 22 | |
23841478 | Pagan | A person who believes in many gods | 23 | |
23841479 | Pantheon | One of the largest domed Roman buildings that was used as a temple for Roman gods and goddesses., (antiquity) a temple to all the gods; a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes | 24 | |
23841480 | Pastoral | relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle | 25 | |
23841481 | Patriarchy | Male ruled/dominated | 26 | |
23841482 | Pilgrims | A religious devotee who journeys to a shrine or sacred place | 27 | |
23841671 | Polytheism | Believing in many gods | 28 | |
23841672 | Priest | A man that is the "leader" of a specific church, power on local level | 29 | |
23841673 | Priesthood | When a man becomes a priest and joins the ranks of priests | 30 | |
23842088 | Reincarnation | Religious belief that one comes back from death as another person or thing | 31 | |
23842089 | Role of Nomads in Trade | Nomads spread world's knowledge around the globe, spread religious beliefs and ideology too | 32 | |
23842090 | Sacred Texts | Religious texts vital to that specific religion | 33 | |
23842091 | Sedentary | A people not migratory; settled | 34 | |
23842092 | Slavery | The use of human labor without pay, forced upon them | 35 | |
23842093 | Social Hierarchy; social | The use of class systems, pyramid-shaped in visual aids | 36 | |
23842094 | Stratification; social inequality | The act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata | 37 | |
23842095 | Tax revenue | Government income due to taxation. | 38 | |
23842649 | The State | A body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority | 39 | |
23842650 | Trade Goods | Goods traded between countries, usually constantly desired | 40 | |
23842651 | Urban | Pertaining to, or designating a city or town | 41 |