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ap world history
Question | Answer |
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agrarian | Of or relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land. in the neolithic age things became more agrarian. Of or relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land. the pastorialist has to switch to an agrarian life style. |
communal | Shared by all members of a community for common use. in the neolithic time all the members used the same thing for a common use. |
filia | Denoting the generation or generations after the parental generation. after paleolithic |
monarchy | A form of government with a monarch at the head. in the neolithic age the people were ruled by pharoas. |
pastoral | Used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle. in both the pastorial and neolithic age the animals grazed and were used for food. |
subsistence | |
archeology | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures. archeology shows us how pastorialist and the neolithics lived and had ways for food and life. |
edifice | A complex system of beliefs. in the neolithic age they started making gods and had a complex system of beliefs. |
incarnation | A person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality. in the neolithic age people used incarnation. |
nomadic | mobile: migratory before the neolithic age people were more nomadic and as the neolithic age came they became more likley to stay in one place. |
patriarch | The male head of a family or tribe. in the neolithic age the man was the one with power woman had no power. |
venerate | Regard with great respect. in the neolithic age people had great respect for pharoas. |
city-state | a state consisting of a sovereign city. this was a very popular way of government in the neolithic age. the monarch had alot of power. |
egalitarian | believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. this belief was non existant in the neolithic age. woman had less power than men and your social scale had alot to do with how much power you had. |
oracle | A priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity. many people believed oracles were prophets from god in this age. |
sedentary | Tending to spend much time seated. after the paleolithic age people started to be more sedentary and stay in one place. |
civilization | The process by which a society or place reaches this stage. agriculture caused civilization to happen and the begining of the neolithic age where civilization began. |
era | A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic. the pastorialithic and neolithic ages were eras |
metallurgy | The branch of science that deals with the properties of metals. metallurgy was practiced in the neolithic age |
pagan | A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions. in the neolithic age people deveoloped many religions. |
stratification | the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata. social classes were used in many places during the neolithic age |