Foster world history AP Vocabulary Flashcards

7540947996	polygamy	the practice of having more than one wife or husband	0
7540980408	paleolithic	relating to the early phase of the stone age	1
7541001531	prehistoric	relating to the period before written records	2
7541016470	nomadic	living the life of a nomad	3
7541034984	neolithic	relating to the later phase of the stone age	4
7541067979	bands	thin loops of material put around something	5
7541090962	hunter-gatherer	a society in which most or all food is from wild plants and animals	6
7541141163	civilization	term that refers to complex society	7
7541273868	culture	a tradition the study of humans	8
7541287079	agrarian revolution	a term that refers to the changeover from food gathering to production 8000 BCE -2000 BCE	9
7541340867	patriarchal	relating to or characteristics of a patriot	10
7541370040	matriarchal	relating to or denoting a form of social organization in which a woman is the head	11
7541377859	matrilineal	of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line	12
7541390623	matrilocal	of or denoting a custom in marriage whereby the husband goes to live with the wife's community	13
7541411788	pastoralism	is the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock	14
7541422394	egalitarian	relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities	15
7541431706	brideprice	a sum of money or quantity of goods given to a bride's family by that of the groom, especially in tribal societies	16
7541433980	courtesan	a prostitute	17
7541458403	dowry	property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage	18
7541462847	gender	the state of being male or female	19
7541475468	concubine	a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives	20
7541487454	eunuch	a man who has been castrated, especially (in the past) one employed to guard the women's living areas at an oriental court.	21
7541497668	foraging	search widely for food or provisions.	22