Unit 1 Vocab Flashcards
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| 207795913 | Agrarian | concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land | 0 | |
| 207795914 | Agriculturalists | one in which the principal technology is the growing of crops | 1 | |
| 207795915 | Archaeology | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | 2 | |
| 207795916 | Aryans | Indo-European speaking nomads who entered India from the Central Asian steppes between 1500 and 1000 BC and greatly affected Indian society. | 3 | |
| 207795917 | Asceticism | the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | 4 | |
| 207795918 | Austronesian | a native or inhabitant of Austronesia | 5 | |
| 207795919 | Beaurocracy | administrative orginization that relies on nonelective officials and regular procedures | 6 | |
| 207795920 | Brahman | the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category | 7 | |
| 207795921 | Brahmins | Priests, at the top of the caste system which the Aryans made | 8 | |
| 207795922 | Cast | put or send forth | 9 | |
| 207795923 | Cataracts | Waterfalls | 10 | |
| 207795924 | Civilization | a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) | 11 |