218577739 | AGRICULTURE | the science, art or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops and feeding, breeding and raising livestock; farming | 0 | |
218577740 | AGRARIAN | pertaining to the advancement of agricultural groups....an agrarian movement | 1 | |
218577741 | DOMESTICATION | to covert (animals, plants,etc.) to domestic uses;tame | 2 | |
218577742 | ECONOMY | the management of the resources of a community, country,etc. especially with a view to it's productivity | 3 | |
218577743 | EGALITARIAN | asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic or social life | 4 | |
218577744 | EMPIRE | a group of nations or people ruled over by an emporer, empress or other powerful soverign or government; usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom. | 5 | |
218577745 | FORAGING | The aquisition of food by hunting, fishiong or the gathering of plant matter. | 6 | |
218577746 | HIERARCHY | any system of persons or things ranked one above another | 7 | |
218577747 | HIERARCHIAL | of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy | 8 | |
218577748 | HUNTER-GATHER | a member of a group of people who subsist by hunting, fishing or foraging in the world. | 9 | |
218577749 | IRRIGATION | the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops | 10 | |
218577750 | MONARCHY | . a form of government in which supreme authority is vested in a single and usually hereditary figure, such as a king, and whose powers can vary from those of an absolute despot to those of a figurehead A country reigned over by a king, prince, or other monarch | 11 | |
218577751 | MONOTHEISM | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God. | 12 | |
218577752 | NEOLITHIC | pertaining to the later stone age. the cultural period that lasted in SW Asia from about 9000 to 6000 bc and in Europe from about 4000 to 2400 bc and was characterized by primitive crop growing and stock rearing and the use of polished stone and flint tools and weapons | 13 | |
218577753 | NOMADIC | Wandering,no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply. | 14 | |
218577754 | PASTORAL | pertaining to the country or to life in the country; rural; rustic. portraying or suggesting idyllically the life of shepherds or of the country, as a work of literature, art, or music | 15 | |
218577755 | PALEOLITHIC | earlier stone age. The cultural period of the Stone Age that began about 2.5 to 2 million years ago, marked by the earliest use of tools made of chipped stone. The Paleolithic Period ended at different times in different parts of the world, generally around 10,000 years ago in Europe and the Middle East. Also called Old Stone Age | 16 | |
218577756 | PHILOSOPHY | the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct. | 17 | |
218577757 | POLYTHEISM | the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods. | 18 | |
218577758 | RIVER VALLEY | A valley that was formed by a river eroding the earth. | 19 | |
218577759 | SEDENTARY | "remaining in one place | 20 | |
218577760 | SETTLEMENT | . the establishment of a new region; colonization A place newly settled; colony A collection of dwellings forming a community, esp on a frontier | 21 | |
218577761 | SUBSISTENCE | the means by which one maintains life | 22 | |
218577762 | SURPLUS | greater than needed. something that remains above what is used or needed. | 23 | |
218577763 | SUSTENANCE | means of sustaining health or life; nourishment Means of livelihood | 24 | |
218577764 | THEOCRACY | a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, | 25 | |
218577765 | TRADITIONAL | handed down | 26 | |
218577766 | URBANIZATION | to make (esp a predominantly rural area or country) more industrialized and urban To cause the migration of an increasing proportion of (rural dwellers) into cities | 27 | |
218577767 | VASSALS | (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant. A person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer. Such as a servant or slave | 28 | |
218577768 | BANDS/CLANS | a group of people regarded as being descended from a common ancestor. | 29 | |
218577769 | BARBARIAN | a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person. | 30 | |
218577770 | BUREAUCRACY | government by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials. Excessive multiplication of, and concentration of power in, administrative bureaus or administrators. | 31 | |
218577771 | CIVILIZATION | an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached. | 32 | |
218577772 | CITY-STATES | a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies. | 33 | |
218577773 | CLASSICAL | , relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans or their civilization, esp in the period of their ascendancy | 34 | |
218577774 | FEUDALISM | A system of obligations that bound lords and their subjects in Europe during much of the Middle Ages. In theory, the king owned all or most of the land and gave it to his leading nobles in return for their loyalty and military service. The nobles in turn held land that peasants, including serfs, were allowed to farm in return for the peasants' labor and a portion of their produce. Under feudalism, people were born with a permanent position in society. | 35 |
AP WORLD HISTORY - UNIT 1 Flashcards
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