Terms 1 Flashcards
Basic terms for WHAP.
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| 200813316 | hegemony | domination over others | 0 | |
| 200813317 | demography | study of human populations | 1 | |
| 200813318 | empire | group of lands under one ruler | 2 | |
| 200813319 | urbanization | the growth of cities | 3 | |
| 200813320 | economic | having to do with business or money | 4 | |
| 200813321 | hierarchy | a group organized by ranking | 5 | |
| 200813322 | patriarchal | male led society and household | 6 | |
| 200813323 | diffusion | the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another | 7 | |
| 200813324 | cultural | having to do with the arts, manners, and ideas | 8 | |
| 200813325 | social | concerned with human beings as a group | 9 | |
| 200813326 | city-state | a city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside | 10 | |
| 200813327 | technology | tools people use to meet their basic needs | 11 | |
| 200813328 | caste | social class that one is born into | 12 | |
| 200813329 | military | armed forces | 13 | |
| 200813330 | imperialism | a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries | 14 | |
| 200813331 | pastoral | rural | 15 | |
| 200813332 | bureaucracy | system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 16 | |
| 200813333 | political | administration of public affairs, particularly those of a government | 17 | |
| 200813334 | feudalism | A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land | 18 | |
| 200813335 | aristocracy | a privileged class holding hereditary titles; nobles | 19 |