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vocab 6
Term | Definition |
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Myth | a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event |
Community | a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage |
Pantheon | a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation |
Archetype | the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form |
Race | a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing. |
Aboriginal | original or earliest known; native; indigenous |
Culture | the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits |
Class | a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; |
Ovid | Roman poet |
Assimilation | the act or process of assimilating, or of absorbing information, experiences |
Identity | the state or fact of remaining the same one or ones, as under varying aspects or conditions |
Homer | a Hebrew unit of capacity equal to ten baths in liquid measure or ten ephahs in dry measure |
Pluralism | a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle |
Society | an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purpose |