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| 5978360088 | agricultural revolution | The change from food gathering to food production that occurred between around 8000 and 2000 B.C.E. Also known as the Neolithic Revolution. | 0 | |
| 5978364817 | aristocracy | the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices. | 1 | |
| 5978369075 | Brahmins | a member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood. | 2 | |
| 5978373107 | Bureaucracy | A large, complex organization in which employees have specific job responsibilities and work within a hierarchy of authority. | 3 | |
| 5978384535 | deity | a god or goddess | 4 | |
| 5978388305 | democracy | A system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives. | 5 | |
| 5978388306 | Dharma | In Hinduism, the laws and duties that guide the behavior of each caste member. | 6 | |
| 5978388307 | Cultural Diffusion | A spreading of ideas and culture through the movement of people. | 7 | |
| 5978391260 | Dynastic Cycle | A theory that says that each dynasty rises to a political, cultural, and economic peak, falls and is replaced by a new dynasty | 8 | |
| 5978391261 | Egalitarian | Characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political and social life. | 9 | |
| 5978394738 | Hunters and Gatherers/foraging/Nomadic | A hunter-gatherer or forager society is one in which most or all food is obtained from wild plants and animals, in contrast to agricultural societies, which rely mainly on domesticated species. | 10 | |
| 5978514985 | Ice Age | Period of time when huge sheets of ice covered much of the earth's land, formed from ocean water, leaving ocean levels lower than they are now which exposed dry land that connected the continents. | 11 | |
| 5978531588 | irrigation systems | Replacement of rainfall with water from another source (like natural ponds, lakes, streams, and wells) in order to grow crops | 12 | |
| 5978538529 | Karma | (in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences. | 13 | |
| 5978540736 | Mandate of Heaven | A political theory developed during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China in which those in power were believed to have the the right to rule from divine authority. | 14 | |
| 5978540737 | Monogamy | the practice of having only one sexual partner or spouse at a time | 15 | |
| 5978544094 | Oracle Bones | During the Shang Dynasty, animal bones carved with written characters which were used for telling the future | 16 | |
| 5981007289 | Pagan | A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times. | 17 | |
| 5981009608 | Pastoralism | A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter. | 18 | |
| 5981009609 | Patriarchy | a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | 19 | |
| 5981009610 | Polygamy | Marriage that unites a person with two or more spouses | 20 | |
| 5981012038 | Secular | Not religious or holy; pertaining to worldly things | 21 | |
| 5981012039 | Sericulture | The production of silk and the rearing of silkworms for this purpose | 22 | |
| 5981013345 | Slavery | A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people. | 23 | |
| 5981013346 | Specialization of Labor | the gradual refining of skills and specialties in a society once a steady food supply has been established | 24 | |
| 5981015098 | Surplus | an amount beyond what is required, excess; more than what is needed or expected | 25 | |
| 5981015099 | Syncretism | The birth of a new culture trait from blending two or more cultural traits | 26 | |
| 5981017165 | Theocracy | A government ruled by or subject to religious authority. | 27 |
