132457263 | matrilocal | refers to the pattern in which married couples live with or near the wives' parents | 0 | |
132457264 | Catal Huyuk | One of first true cities in history, created in the Neolithic Era in 6500 to 5500 BC, from which were created agriculture, trading, temples, housing, and religions | 1 | |
132457265 | Bronze Age | a period of human culture between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons and implements made of bronze | 2 | |
132457266 | slash and burn agriculture | a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land | 3 | |
132457267 | Laozi | the "Old Master" who encouraged people to give up worldly desires in favor of nature; he founded Taoism (Daoism) | 4 | |
132457268 | Zhou | The people and dynasty that took over the dominant position in north China from the Shang and created the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule. Remembered as prosperous era in Chinese History. | 5 | |
132457269 | dharma | in Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste | 6 | |
132457270 | Upanishads | A group of writings sacred in Hinduism concerning the relations of humans, God, and the universe. | 7 | |
132457271 | mandala | "Sacred circle": Buddhist diagram of the cosmos; sand painting; represents the impermanence of life | 8 | |
132457272 | Kamasutra | (Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law | 9 | |
132457273 | karma | In Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life | 10 | |
132457274 | Ionian, Doric, Corinthian | three embellishments for the tops of columns supporting their massive buildings, the Greeks devised | 11 | |
132457275 | King Xerxes | king of Persia who tried to invade Greece that caused the Greek city-states to join together to fight | 12 | |
132457276 | Peloponnesian Wars | Wars from 431 to 404 BCE between Athens and Sparta for dominance in southern Greece; resulted in Spartan victory but failure to achieve political unification of Greece | 13 | |
132457277 | Sappho | Greek poet who wrote about human emotions | 14 | |
132457278 | Sophocles | Greek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex | 15 | |
132457279 | "mystery" religions | cults that helped Greeks have hope of afterlife and spiritual mysteries answered | 16 | |
132457280 | Teotihuacan | The first great city in the Americas, as a center for trade and worship | 17 | |
132457281 | Maya | the first American civilization | 18 | |
132457282 | Inca | one of the first American civilization | 19 | |
132457283 | Polynesian | these people had reached the islands of Fiji and Samoa by 1000 BCE | 20 |
Unit One Vocabulary Flashcards
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