front 1 agricultural revolution | back 1 world's first historically verifiable revolution in agriculture. was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement which supported an increasingly large population. |
front 2 aristocracy | back 2 a government or state ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class. |
front 3 barbarian | back 3 a person living outside, especially north of, the Roman Empire. (uncivilized) |
front 4 brahmin | back 4 a person usually from an old, respected family who, because of wealth and social position, wields considerable social, economic, and political power. |
front 5 bureaucracy | back 5 government by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials. |
front 6 cities | back 6 an incorporated municipality, usually governed by a mayor and a board of aldermen or councilmen. |
front 7 civilizations | back 7 an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached. |
front 8 complex institutions | back 8 An institution is any structure that is used to govern the behaviour of people around it. A complex institution is one that affects the people in more than one. |
front 9 currency | back 9 something that is used as a medium of exchange; money. |
front 10 deity | back 10 an all-powerful being (ex. god, goddess, etc) |
front 11 democracy | back 11 government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. |
front 12 dharma | back 12 law, especially religious law. it's the way things move and reality itself. |
front 13 diffusion | back 13 to spread or scatter widely or thinly; disseminate. |
front 14 diversified food supply | back 14 Large selection of foods |
front 15 domesticated animals | back 15 Any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment |
front 16 dynastic cycle | back 16 An important political theory in China. Used in chinese civilization when a new power was added. |
front 17 egalitarian | back 17 The belief that all people are created equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities |
front 18 ethical/legal codes | back 18 A system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct |
front 19 frontier | back 19 A border seperating two countries (chinese had a lot of these) |
front 20 hunters and gatherers/foraging/nomadic | back 20 A person who pursues and kills for food is a hunter, one who forges is a gatherer. most people who did this were nomads. |
front 21 Ice Age | back 21 global episode during a past geological period. |
front 22 intensive cultivation | back 22 An agricultural production system characterized by high inputs or labor |
front 23 irrigation systems | back 23 An artificial application of water to the soil |
front 24 karma | back 24 The sum of a persons actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as their deciding fate (indus river valley) |
front 25 mandate of heaven | back 25 A traditional Chinese philosophical concept concerning the legitimacy of rules |
front 26 monogamy | back 26 The practice or state of being married to one person at a time |
front 27 pagan | back 27 A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world |
front 28 pastoral | back 28 The branch of agriculture concerned with raising of live stock |
front 29 patriarchy | back 29 A system of government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family |
front 30 polygamy | back 30 being involved with multiple people in one relationship |
front 31 record keeping | back 31 documenting various events in order to keep track of them |
front 32 secular | back 32 Denoting attitudes, activities or other things that have no religious basis |
front 33 sericulture | back 33 The production of raw silk |
front 34 settled populations | back 34 Populations of people who stayed in their location |
front 35 slavery | back 35 The state of being a slave |
front 36 specialization of labor | back 36 The learned skill of a specific job |
front 37 surplus | back 37 An amount of something left over when requirements have been met |
front 38 syncretism | back 38 The amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought |
front 39 textiles | back 39 The branch of industry involved in manufacturing of cloth |
front 40 theocracy | back 40 system of government in which preists rule in the name of god |