Course vocab Flashcards
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| 200684103 | aristocracy | those who have the most power in society | 0 | |
| 200684104 | bureaucracy | government officials that are not elected | 1 | |
| 200684105 | cheifdom | a type of society where power is passed through heredity. | 2 | |
| 200684106 | City-state | city with political and economic power over the countryside surrounding it | 3 | |
| 200684107 | classical | a form of system that seems to be the first | 4 | |
| 200684108 | civilization | a society in an advanced state of social development | 5 | |
| 200684109 | commericial | having to do with business and trade | 6 | |
| 200684110 | demography | study of human population | 7 | |
| 200684111 | Divination | being able to prophecy through magical means | 8 | |
| 200684112 | dynasty | An order of powerful leaders in a family | 9 | |
| 200684113 | empire | a group of countries under a single authority | 10 | |
| 200684114 | Epidemic | the rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time | 11 | |
| 200684115 | Forager | one who searches for food by hunting or gathering | 12 | |
| 200684116 | Interregional | between regions | 13 | |
| 200684117 | Medievil | middle ages | 14 | |
| 200684118 | Metallurgy | the science of metals | 15 | |
| 200684119 | Merchant | someone who buys and sells goods for a living | 16 | |
| 200684120 | Monotheism | belief that there is only one God | 17 | |
| 200684121 | Nation | A group of people organized with a leader | 18 | |
| 200684122 | Nobility | a high-ranking social class or being good in character | 19 | |
| 200684123 | Nomad | someone who travels to follow their food supply | 20 | |
| 200684124 | Papacy | the government of the Roman Catholic Church | 21 | |
| 200684125 | Pastoral | a rural lifestyles | 22 | |
| 200684126 | Patriarchal | a social system where only the males have power | 23 | |
| 200684127 | polytheism | belief in multiple Gods | 24 | |
| 200684128 | revolution | a change | 25 | |
| 200684129 | scribe | a record keeper/writer | 26 | |
| 200684130 | Serf | lowest class in the middle ages (considered lower than children | 27 | |
| 200684131 | Shaman | someone who is believed to be able to act as a bridge between mortals and spirits | 28 | |
| 200684132 | Slave | a person in captivity made to do work forcibly | 29 | |
| 200684133 | State | an organized group of people under leadership of one | 30 | |
| 200684134 | steppe | a dry, grassy, treeless plain found in Asia and eastern Europe | 31 |