Pre Unit Vocab

Question 1

Agrarian society

Answer 1

Sedentary agriculture; both crop production and animal breeding are the foundation of subsistence and/or surplus wealth

Question 2

City-state

Answer 2

A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies

Question 3

Domestication

Answer 3

To convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame

Question 4

Dynasty

Answer 4

A series of rulers from a single family

Question 5

Edict

Answer 5

A decree issued by a sovereign or other authority

Question 6

Forage

Answer 6

To wander in search of food

Question 7

Indigenous

Answer 7

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place

Question 8

Monarchy

Answer 8

A government in which a king/queen exercises central power that is passed on within a single family

Question 9

Monotheistic

Answer 9

Belief in a single god

Question 10

Nomadic

Answer 10

Lifestyle where a nomadic group has no permanent home, wandering form place to place in search of food

Question 11

Pastoral

Answer 11

Lifestyle where a nomadic group herds domesticated animals

Question 12

Patriarchal

Answer 12

Relating to a social system in which the father is head of the family

Question 13

Polytheistic

Answer 13

Belief in many gods

Question 14

Slavery

Answer 14

The state of an individual held in servitude as the property of another individual

Question 15

Theocracy

Answer 15

A government in which the ruler is viewed as a divine figure OR a government controlled by religious leaders

Question 16

Civil Service

Answer 16

The administrative departments of the government, especially those in which employees are hired on the basis of their scores on examinations

Question 17

Filial piety

Answer 17

Respect for parents and elders

Question 18

Empire

Answer 18

A political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler

Question 19

Direct democracy

Answer 19

A government where all citizens rule directly rather than through elected or appointed representatives

Question 20

Autocracy

Answer 20

A government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it any manner he chooses

Question 21

Republic

Answer 21

A form of government in which power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected by the people

Question 22

Caste (Varna)

Answer 22

Each of the 4 main hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity and social status

Question 23

Jati

Answer 23

A Hindu sub caste, typically characterized by exclusive occupation of its male members