Hstor

Question 1

belief that spirits or souls animate (bring to life) objects and natural phenomena

Answer 1

animism

Question 2

government by one person

Answer 2

autocracy

Question 3

trading goods and/or services for other goods and/or services without the use of currency

Answer 3

barter

Question 4

economy in which the government answers the 3 basic economic questions

Answer 4

command economy

Question 5

all the things that make up a people’s entire way of life

Answer 5

culture

Question 6

government by the people

Answer 6

democracy

Question 7

a government in which power is held by force

Answer 7

dictatorship

Question 8

a form of democracy in which the voters, not their representatives, serve as the government

Answer 8

direct democracy

Question 9

ways to use limited resources to meet unlimited needs and wants

Answer 9

economics

Question 10

more than two generations living in the same household

Answer 10

extended family

Question 11

a system of ranking things according to level

Answer 11

hierarchy

Question 12

economy in which the people and organizations run by the people answer the 3 basic economic questions

Answer 12

market economy

Question 13

society in which females exercise the most authority

Answer 13

matriarchal society

Question 14

economy in which the people and the government answer the 3 basic economic questions

Answer 14

mixed economy

Question 15

a government in which power is inherited

Answer 15

monarchy

Question 16

belief in one god or higher power

Answer 16

monotheism

Question 17

two generations–parents and children–living in the same household

Answer 17

nuclear family

Question 18

society in which males exercise the most authority

Answer 18

patriarchal society

Question 19

belief in many gods or higher powers

Answer 19

polytheism

Question 20

a form of democracy in which the people who vote elect representatives to the government

Answer 20

republic

Question 21

the ability to move up or down in social status

Answer 21

social mobility

Question 22

producing enough to survive and nothing more

Answer 22

subsistence

Question 23

more than what is needed

Answer 23

surplus

Question 24

an economic system that is based on the way a society has always lived

Answer 24

traditional economy