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AP World History Flashcards: Unit 1 (8,000 BCE-600CE) Flashcards

Mr. Barnwell's huge assignment: vocab unit 1

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23840019NeolithicNew Stone Age btw. 8000 and 5000 BCE; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished0
23840020AfterlifePart of religious belief that you will live again in a life after this one on Earth1
23840021AutonomyA self-governing state, community, or group2
23840022Bureaucracy; civil serviceAdministration of a government chiefly through bureaus or departments staffed with nonelected officials3
23840023Caste systemSocial class structure in India, with "Untouchables", and so forth4
23840024CitizenA person belonging to a certain nation5
23840025ConversionThe switching from one way of thinking or doing things (especially beliefs) to another6
23840026DeityA god or goddess7
23840027Domesticated Plants and AnimalsStarted around 8000 B.C.E., dogs, horses, wheat, barley, etc.8
23840028ElitesA group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status.9
23840029EmpireA nation or group of territories ruled by a single, powerful leader or emperor10
23840030FeudalThe social and economic arrangement under which people are paid for protection and farming privleges by giving goods and services to an overlord11
23840031FilialPertaining to a son or daughter12
23840032Hunting-GatheringAncient ways of gathering food, before agriculture and domestication13
23841189IdeologyBeliefs (esp. religious)14
23841190ImperialOf, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor;of superior or unusual size or excellence; sovereign b: regal, imperious15
23841191Kinship GroupsGroup of people related by blood or marriage16
23841192MissionariesPeople who go to places and enlighten those to their beliefs17
23841193MonasticismLiving 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
23841194MonotheismBelieving in only one god19
23841195NobilityFamily (however distant) related to the ruling person at that time (usually very wealthy and with titles of their own)20
23841196NomadicLifestyle before agriculture and domestication, always moving with food source's pattern21
23841197NunA woman who has taken vows (Christianity), a woman who devotes herself to religious life22
23841478PaganA person who believes in many gods23
23841479PantheonOne 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 heroes24
23841480Pastoralrelating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle25
23841481PatriarchyMale ruled/dominated26
23841482PilgrimsA religious devotee who journeys to a shrine or sacred place27
23841671PolytheismBelieving in many gods28
23841672PriestA man that is the "leader" of a specific church, power on local level29
23841673PriesthoodWhen a man becomes a priest and joins the ranks of priests30
23842088ReincarnationReligious belief that one comes back from death as another person or thing31
23842089Role of Nomads in TradeNomads spread world's knowledge around the globe, spread religious beliefs and ideology too32
23842090Sacred TextsReligious texts vital to that specific religion33
23842091SedentaryA people not migratory; settled34
23842092SlaveryThe use of human labor without pay, forced upon them35
23842093Social Hierarchy; socialThe use of class systems, pyramid-shaped in visual aids36
23842094Stratification; social inequalityThe act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata37
23842095Tax revenueGovernment income due to taxation.38
23842649The StateA 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 authority39
23842650Trade GoodsGoods traded between countries, usually constantly desired40
23842651UrbanPertaining to, or designating a city or town41

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