Term | Definition |
Algonquin | Eastern Woodland Culture - Different dialects, didn't develop strong ties, willing to ally themselves with others who held the same interests. |
Agricultural Revolution | Shift to basic crops. Provided a more reliable store for food. |
Anasazi | New Mexico - Technologically sophisticated networks: irrigation of canals, transportation system -roads/highways. |
potlatch ceremony | American Indians - Competing leaders held a banquet and tried to outdo one another in their generosity to fellow members. |
shamans | Religious guides of tribes;duties included the practice of medicine since most Indians believed that illness was caused by the offending of a spirit or spirits. |
ethnocentrism | belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group |
stateless societies | A society lacking a central government; largely autonomous communities organized around lineage structures. |
mutual obligation | While peasants were bound to provide their lords with food and services, aristocrats did the same and provided security and supplies to their peasants. |
dual-sex principle | each sex handling its own affairs, disputes, or problems. |
feudalism | Complicated social, economic, and political system that had European society overwhelmingly concerned with power, rank, and social order. |
Renaissance | introduced many Europeans to the concept of Humanism. |
Protestant Reformation | A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches. |
Priesthood of All Believers | Argued that formally educated clerics might be nice to have but were unnecessary in maintaining one's spiritual life with God. |
Humanism | Places the human form, rather than God, at the center of investigation, inquiry, thought, and art. |
anticlericalism | Opposes the clergy for reasons including their power and influence in all aspects of public and political life and their involvement with citizens; helped start religious reformation in England. |