Unit 0 vocab Friday Quiz Flashcards
Agrarian society
Sedentary agriculture: crop production and animal breeding.
City-states
A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies.
Domestication
To convert animals/plants to domestic uses; tame
Dynasty
A series of rulers from a single family
Edict
A decree issued by a sovereign or other authority.
Draw a picture of edict
Sovereign person giving out a speech
Forage
Wander in search of food
Indigenous
Originating naturally from that place.
Monarchy
A gov’t where king/queen exercise central power that is hereditary
Nomadic
No permanence
Pastoral
Lifestyle where a nomadic group herds domesticated animals
Patriarchal
Relating to a social system in which the father is the head
Slavery
Where a person is held as property of another person / servitude.
Theocracy
A government in which the ruler is a divine figure
What’s the other one of theocracy?
B. A government controlled by religious leaders
Civil service
the administrative departments of the government, especially those in which employees are hired on the basis of their scores on examinations
Filial piety(draw a pic too)
respect for parents and elders
Direct democracy
A government where all citizens rule directly rather than through elected or appointed representatives
Empire
A political unit in which a number of people or countries are controlled by a single ruler.
Autocracy
A government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it any manner he chooses.
Republic
A form of government in which power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected by the people
Caste(aka Varna)
each of the 4 main hereditary classes (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya, Sudra) of Hindu society distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity and of social status.
What are the 4 main heredity classes of Hindu society?
Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya, Sudra.
Jati
A Hindu subcaste, of which there are thousands in India, typically characterized by the exclusive occupation of its male members.
