7586161282 | Society!!!!! | Society!!! | 0 | |
7586085873 | Artisan | someone who is skillful and crafts objects with raw materials (Blacksmith) | 1 | |
7586085874 | Caste | A particular position in society to every single person. You can improve your position in the caste system in the next life through your good action and Karma. | 2 | |
7586085875 | Class | the system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on perceived social or economic status. | 3 | |
7586090258 | Egalitarianism | Characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political and social life. | 4 | |
7586090259 | Elite | rich and noble people, upper class. | 5 | |
7586094053 | Ethnicity | Affiliation or identity within a group of people bound by common ancestry and culture.. | 6 | |
7586096462 | Extended Family | a family that includes in one household near relatives in addition to a nuclear family, such as, Aunts and Uncles. | 7 | |
7586096463 | Family | a group of people all related to each other | 8 | |
7586096464 | Gender | Male or female. | 9 | |
7586100483 | Immediate family | the whole family you started of with. | 10 | |
7586100484 | Kinship | blood relationship | 11 | |
7586123864 | Labourer | Somone who works | 12 | |
7586129219 | Merchant | someone who buys and sells thing; somone who trades goods. | 13 | |
7586132497 | Nationality | Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result of being born there. ( I'm from Canada so my nationality is Canadian.) | 14 | |
7586136056 | Nuclear Family | a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner | 15 | |
7586136057 | Patriarchy | a form of social organization oin which a male is the families head and title is traced through the male line. | 16 | |
7586140143 | Polyandry | In which a woman has more than 1 husband. | 17 | |
7586140144 | Polygamy | The practice of having more than one wife or husband at a time | 18 | |
7586144314 | Polygyny | The practice of having more than 1 wife at a time. | 19 | |
7586146753 | Race | A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited characteristics. | 20 | |
7586152938 | Social hierarchy/ Stratification | Social stratification means that certain individuals (elites) have more power and influence than other individuals, such as commoners and slaves. In Neolithic times, social stratification emerged when food surpluses allowed some members of society to do things other than farm. | 21 | |
7586158917 | Social System | the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships | 22 | |
7586158918 | Warrior | a fighter or soilder | 23 | |
7586172465 | Politics!!! | Politics!!!! | 24 | |
7586202690 | Administration | the process of running an empire or republic | 25 | |
7586206083 | Authoritarianism | the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom. | 26 | |
7586206084 | Balance of power | the federal and the people have equal power. | 27 | |
7586235594 | Bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. | 28 | |
7586238426 | Casualty | a person or thing badly affected or injured by a situation. | 29 | |
7586238427 | Centralization | the concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority.(dictator or monarch) | 30 | |
7586241414 | City | a conglomeration of people and buildings clustered together to serve as a center of politics, culture, and economics | 31 | |
7586241415 | City-state | an independent city with its own rules sometimes takes control of surrounding land. | 32 | |
7586244321 | Consolidation | the action or process of making something stronger or more solid/the action or process of combining a number of things into a single more effective or coherent whole.(making empries or cities together to make them stronger) | 33 | |
7586248490 | Coup / Coup d'état | a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. | 34 | |
7586248491 | Decentralization | the transfer of authority from central to local government. | 35 | |
7586252951 | Diplomacy | the skill of manging international relations of nations or empires. | 36 | |
7586252952 | Empire | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress. | 37 | |
7586252953 | Eunuch | a male who got his private parts remove to serve the elites or emperor; usually to guard his wife or any other female of power. | 38 | |
7586257859 | Imperial | The extension of political rule by one people over other, different peoples. First done by Sargon of Akkad to the Sumerian city states. | 39 | |
7586262101 | Infrastructure | The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society. | 40 | |
7586265387 | Institution | an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated | 41 | |
7586265388 | Junta | a small group ruling a country, especially immediately after a coup d'état and before a legally constituted government has been instituted. | 42 | |
7586268493 | Mobilization | the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war | 43 | |
7586268494 | Monarch | A king, [absolute single ruler] | 44 | |
7601074168 | 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. | 45 | |
7601181548 | Rebellion | an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler. | 46 | |
7601181549 | Region | an area on Earth's surface marked by a degree of formal, functional, or perceptual homogeneity of some phenomenon | 47 | |
7601188220 | Revolution | a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. | 48 | |
7601191002 | Secession | formal separation from an alliance or federation | 49 | |
7601191003 | State | A politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory | 50 | |
7601193861 | Suffrage | the right to vote | 51 | |
7601196399 | Theocracy | A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. | 52 | |
7601199990 | Transregional | Any activity that covers a region - which may be within a single country of covering several. | 53 | |
7601207270 | Tribute / Tributary system. | A system in which, from the time of the Han Empire, countries in East and Southeast Asia not under the direct control of empires based in China nevertheless enrolled as tributary states, acknowledging the superiority of the emperors in China. | 54 | |
7586279750 | INTERACTION BETWEEN HUMANS & ENVIRONMENT | INTERACTION BETWEEN HUMANS & ENVIRONMENT | 55 | |
7586283185 | Climate | weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period. | 56 | |
7586283186 | Deforestation | the action of clearing a wide area of trees. | 57 | |
7586287514 | Demography | The study of population dynamics. Demographics is important in the study of world history because population dynamics provide evidence of important historical trends, such as disease pandemics, and migrations. Diffusion. The spread of items from one place to another. | 58 | |
7586287515 | Desert | a landscape form or region that receives very little precipitation | 59 | |
7586290804 | Desertification | Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting | 60 | |
7586296655 | Disease | an infection, plague, or pathogens | 61 | |
7586296656 | Diaspora | used to describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland. Jews, for example, spread from Israel to western Asia and Mediterranean lands in antiquity and today can be found in other places. | 62 | |
7586299424 | Emigration | migration from a location | 63 | |
7586299425 | Epidemic | a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time (Black Plague) | 64 | |
7586299426 | Erosion | (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) | 65 | |
7586303456 | Immigration | migration from a location | 66 | |
7586303457 | Metropolis | the capital, or chief city of a country or empire. (Alexandria or Washington D.C) | 67 | |
7586306879 | Metropole | the parent state of a colony | 68 | |
7586306880 | Migration | A permanent move to a new location | 69 | |
7586309370 | Monsoon | These strong and predictable winds have long been ridden across the open sea by sailors, and the large amounts of rainfall that they deposit on parts of India, Southeast Asia, and China allow for the cultivation of several crops a year.p | 70 | |
7586309371 | Pandemic | an epidemic that spreads throughout the world, | 71 | |
7586312351 | Pathogen | bacteria, or virus | 72 | |
7586312352 | Population | all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country. | 73 | |
7601241360 | Pull factors (as related to migration) | positive conditions and perceptions that induce people to new locations from other areas | 74 | |
7601246788 | Push factors (as related to migration) | negative conditions and perceptions that induce people to leave their adobe and migrate to a new location | 75 | |
7601248785 | Savanna / Savannah | a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees. or Africa | 76 | |
7601248786 | Technology | The way in which people adapt their knowledge to tools and inventions. | 77 | |
7601251643 | Tundra | a very vast treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America. | 78 | |
7601251644 | Urban | They are nucleated, with on one or more clear core areas. People who live in them work in non-agricultural jobs. (cities,capitals) | 79 | |
7586315215 | CULTURE!!! | CULTURE!!! | 80 | |
7586317957 | Animism | A type of religious belief that focuses on the roles of the various gods and spirits in the natural world and in human events. Animist religions are polytheistic and have been practiced in almost every part of the world. | 81 | |
7586321356 | Belief system | a set of principles or tenets which together form the basis of a religion, philosophy, or moral code. | 82 | |
7586321357 | Codify | arrange (law or rules) into a systematic code. | 83 | |
7586324056 | Culture | the behaviors and belied characteristics of a particular group | 84 | |
7586324057 | Cultural Diffusion | The expansion and adoption of a cultural element, from its place of origin to a wider area. | 85 | |
7586327932 | Cultural Synthesis | the blending of two or more cultural influences. | 86 | |
7586331543 | Ideology | A systematic body of concepts that are characteristic of an individual, group or culture | 87 | |
7586331544 | Indigenous | Produced, living or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment | 88 | |
7586334335 | Literacy | the ability to read and write. | 89 | |
7586341685 | Missionary | People from a certain religion that there job is to spread the word to other places around the world. | 90 | |
7601262311 | Monotheism | The religious belief in one God. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all represent monotheist religions. | 91 | |
7601264776 | Philosophy | the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline. | 92 | |
7601264777 | Polytheism | Religious belief in more than one god. The ancient Greeks, for example, practice polytheism. | 93 | |
7601267001 | Religion | the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. | 94 | |
7601274271 | Syncretism | The unification or blending of opposing people, ideas, or practices, frequently in the realm of religion. For example, when Christianity was adopted by people in a new land, they often incorporate it into their existing culture and traditions. | 95 | |
7586341686 | ECONOMY!!!! | ECONOMY!!! | 96 | |
7601283536 | Agriculture | The raising of animals or the growing of crops on tended land to obtain food for primary consumption by a farmer's family or for sale off the farm | 97 | |
7601283537 | Capitalism | an economic system based on open competition in a free market, in which individuals and companies own the means of production and operate for profit | 98 | |
7601285842 | Commerce | an interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce) or between different parts of the same country (domestic commerce) trade; business. | 99 | |
7601289104 | Commercialization | The transformation of an area of a city into an area attractive to residents and tourists alike in terms of economic activity. | 100 | |
7601289105 | Commodity | An article of trade or commerce including agricultural or mining products that can be transported | 101 | |
7601291492 | Communism | a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. | 102 | |
7601291493 | Consumer | a person who purchases goods and services for personal use. | 103 | |
7601291494 | Credit | An arrangement to receive cash, goods, or services now and pay for them in the future. | 104 | |
7601294094 | Cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops | 105 | |
7601294095 | Currency | Definition- A system of money in general use Significance- Many early civilizations used trade and other products as currency | 106 | |
7601294096 | Domesticate | to tame and animals for a purpose, or cultivate for a plant. | 107 | |
7601297476 | Domesticsated animals | the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food | 108 | |
7601297477 | Economy | money resource to buy things and give price to objects. | 109 | |
7601299971 | Economy Structure | Economic structure is a term that describes the changing balance of output, trade, incomes and employment drawn from different sectors - ranging from primary to secondary to tertiary and Quaternary sectors | 110 | |
7601305422 | Economy System | Method used by society to produce and distribute goods and services. | 111 | |
7601307902 | Export | send (goods or services) t another country for sale. | 112 | |
7601307903 | Fertility | the ability to reproduce | 113 | |
7601309790 | Forage | To wander in search of food. | 114 | |
7601313616 | Forced labour system | a system where the workers were forced to work based on threats, pressure, or intimidation. | 115 | |
7601316645 | Import | bring(goods or services) into a country from aboard for sale | 116 | |
7601316646 | Industrialization | the process of developing machine production of goods | 117 | |
7601319318 | Irrigation | is the artificial application of water to the land or soil. | 118 | |
7601319319 | Monetization | Establishing something(Ex..gold or silver)as the legal tender of a country | 119 | |
7601322606 | Nomadic | groups of people tending to travel and change settlements frequently | 120 | |
7601322607 | Pack Animal | an animal to carry heavy loads( bull to hoe the land or a donkey/camel for travel) | 121 | |
7601324457 | Pastoral | relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle. | 122 | |
7601324458 | Producer | a person, company, or country, that grows, or supplies good or commodities for sale. | 123 | |
7601324459 | Raw material | Unfinished goods consumed by a manufacturer in providing finished goods. | 124 | |
7601327199 | Specialization of labour | Definition- The learned skill of a specific job Significance- With specialized labor people were best at what they worked at | 125 | |
7601336580 | Surplus | Definition- An amount of something left over when requirements have been met Significance-The civilizations has surpluses of grain | 126 |
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