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WHAP1
World History AP
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Agrarian | Society that depends on agriculture as its primary means for support and sustenance. |
| Archeology | The study of human activity in the past. |
| City-State | Independent or autonomous entity whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as a part of another local government. |
| Civilization | The material and instrumental side of human cultures that are complex in terms of technology, science, and division of labor. |
| Communal | Shared by all members of a community. |
| Edifice | A building, especially one of imposing appearance or size. |
| Egalitarian | Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people. |
| Era | A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic. |
| Filial | Of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter. |
| Incarnation | Embodied in flesh or taking on flesh. |
| Indigenous | Originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country, native. |
| Metallurgy | The craft of metalworking. |
| Monarchy | Form of government in which sovereignty is actually or nominally embodied in a single individual. |
| Nomadic | A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land. |
| Oracle | A person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future, inspired by the gods. |
| Pagan | One who has little or no religion and who delights in sensual pleasures and material goods. |
| Pastoral | Shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasturage. |
| Patriarch | A person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc. |
| Sedentary | Abiding in one place, not migratory. |
| Stratification | The building up of layers. |
| Subsistence | The action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level. |
| Venerate | Regard with great respect, revere. |