Foundational Vocab & Geography Review Flashcards
LEARN, not MEMORIZE.
Assimilation
merging of cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups; to adopt the ways of another culture
Artisans
A person skilled in a particular craft - one who uses traditional methods to create items.
Autonomous
self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws. Independent of others and possessing a large degree of self-government
Bureaucracy
system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of government. Often a highly respected position.
Circa
About: used for dates.
Centralization
The power being centralized in one area.
Codify
To catalogue or organize a set of laws, rules, etc, to a specific code.
Commodity
An article of trade or commerce.
Consolidation
A monarch’s attempt to centralize/streamline the gov’t.
Cultural diffusion.
Spreading of cultural ideas from 1 to another.
Culture.
A people’s unique way of life - through art, ideas, blah.
Decentralization
More autonomous units that are smaller.
Demography
the study of the size, growth, density, growth and other characteristics of human populations
Diaspora
any group that has been dispersed outside of its traditional homeland, especially involuntarily, as Africans during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade
Draw a picture of diaspora.
People being moved involuntarily out of their homeland.
Draw a picture of codify
A law for a code.
Doctrine
A belief set by religion/gov’t.
Egalitarian
Equality in all areas.
Epidemic
Outbreak of contagious disease that spreads rapidly.
Gender.
Sexual identity especially in relation to society or culture
Draw a picture of indigenous.
Native.
Legitimacy
To rule by the principle of heredity or sanctioned right.
Religion
Belief system that holds that divine powers control the environment and people’s futures.
Sedentary
Settled, not migratory.
Social hierarchy/class.
Hierarchical arrangement of people into sections of society.
Static
Little change.
State
politically unified people occupying a definite territory; nation; or territory(ies) of a government.
Draw a picture of syncretism.
Combination of different cultures resulting in one unique culture.
Trans regional.
Exchange of goods, services, culture, and blah across political boundaries.
