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Unit 1 Historical Jargon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Agrarian | Farming; agriculture; rural |
| Archeology | Stduy of humans through ancient artifacts |
| City-State | A sovereign state that has an autonomous city with dependencies |
| Civilization | An advanced human society, with a high level of culture, science, industry, and government |
| Communal | Belonging to the people of a community; refers to a communtiy |
| Edifice | A large building (i.e. The Great Pyramids) |
| Egalitarian | Asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life. |
| Era | a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc. |
| Filial | noting or having the relation of a child to a parent |
| Incarnation | An incarnate being or form; a living being embodying a deity or spirit; assumption of human form or nature |
| Indigenous | Originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native |
| Metallurgy | The technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties; the technique of making and compounding alloys; the technique of separating metals from their ores. |
| Monarchy | Supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person. |
| Nomadic | Characteristics of Nomads such as traveling/doesn't settle in one spot |
| Oracle | An utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry; a shrine or place at which such responses were given |
| Pagan | One of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks; polytheism; hethan; nonbeliever; irreligious |
| Pastoral | Portraying or suggesting idyllically the life of shepherds or of the country; shepheards |
| Patriarch | The male head of a family or tribal line; a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc. |
| Sedentary | Abiding in one place; not migratory; pertaining to animals that move about little; non-nomadic |
| Stratfication | A stratified state or appearance: the stratification of ancient ruins from eight different periods; the hierarchical or vertical division of society according to rank, caste, or class |
| Subsistence | The state or fact of subsisting; the state or fact of existing; the providing of sustenance or support; means of supporting life; a living or livelihood. |
| Venerate | To regard or treat with reverence; revere. |
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