Unit 1 Vocab Flashcards
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| 210025044 | Agrarian | Farming community | 0 | |
| 210025045 | Agriculturists | Generate their own foods from planting | 1 | |
| 210025046 | Archeology | the study of ancient cultures based on artifacts and other remains | 2 | |
| 210025047 | Aryans | nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system | 3 | |
| 210025048 | Asceticism | the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | 4 | |
| 210025049 | Austronesian | A branch of languages originating in Oceania | 5 | |
| 210025050 | Bureaucracy | nonelective government officials | 6 | |
| 210025051 | Brahman | the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category | 7 | |
| 210025052 | Brahmins | Priests, at the top of the caste system which the Aryans made | 8 | |
| 210025053 | Caste | social status or position conferred by a system based on class | 9 | |
| 210025054 | Cataracts | Large waterfalls | 10 | |
| 210025055 | Civilization | a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) | 11 | |
| 210025056 | Cuneiform | an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia | 12 |