WHAP Study Terms 1 Flashcards

219529479	Abstinence; Cilebacy, Chastity	the act of refraining from sexual relations.	0
219529480	Afterlife	...	1
219529481	Autonomy	...	2
219529482	Beauracracy; Civil Service	...	3
219529483	Caste System	System in India that gives every Indian a particular place in the social hierarchy from birth. Individuals may improve the position they inherit in the caste system in their next life through their actions, or karma. After many lives of good karma, they may be relieved from cycle of life and win their place in heaven.	4
219529484	Citizen	...	5
219529485	City State	...	6
219529486	Conversion	...	7
219529487	Corporal Punishment	...	8
219529488	Deity	any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force	9
219529489	Diaspora	...	10
219529490	Dynasty	a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time	11
219529491	Domesticated Plants and Animals	...	12
219529492	Elites	...	13
219529493	Empire	a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler	14
219529494	Filial	of or pertaining to a son or daughter; the relation between parent and child (i.e. filial piety)	15
219529495	Hegemony	leadership of one nation exercised over others; expansion	16
219529496	Hunting Gathering (Foraging)	one of the first societies where men went hunting for animals, and women and children collected plants, roots, nuts, and fruits.	17
219529497	Ideology	a belief that guides one's lifestyle	18
219529498	Imperial	relating to an empire	19
219529499	Kinship Groups	a group of people that are related by blood or marriage	20
219529500	Missionaries	devout believers of a religion, particularly Buddhist and Christians who traveled to other lands in an attempt to attract non-believers with marvals such as miracles so as to convert people to their religion.	21
219529501	Monarchy	government under a single ruler, usually passes down from generations, resulting in Dynasties.	22
219529502	Monotheism	belief in a single God	23
219529503	Neolithic	The Period which marked the mastery of agriculture. Also called the New Stone Age(10,000-4000 BCE).	24
219529504	Nobility	a high-ranking social class	25
219529505	Nomadic	Hunter Gatherers who constantly moved from place to place, often following their prey. They sustained mainly off of berries and nuts, found by the women and children. Small in numbers, they had little possessions and were mainly an Egalitarian Society.	26
219529506	Nun	A devout female follower of a Religion who pledges themselves to service none but that Religion.	27
219529507	Pagan	a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times	28
219529508	A Pantheon	...	29
219529509	Pastoral	...	30
219529510	Patriarchy	...	31
219529511	Polytheism	belief in multiple Gods	32
219529512	Priest	...	33
219529513	Reincarnation	the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of hell) depending on the person's own actions	34
219529514	Republic	A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated power	35
219529515	Role of Nomads in Trade	...	36
219529516	Sacred Texts	Religious texts, also known as Sacred Scripture, are the texts which various religious traditions consider to be sacred, or of central importance.	37
219529517	Scribe	...	38
219529518	Sedentary	...	39
219529519	Slavery	A system where people are treated as property	40
219529520	Social Hierchy; Social Stratification; Social Inequity	...	41
219529521	Stupa	...	42
219529522	Tax Revenue	...	43
219529523	The State	...	44
219529524	Trade Goods	...	45
219529525	Urban	...	46