Vocabulary: AP World Agricultural Revolution

AP WORLD HISTORY VOCABULARY
Agriculture Revolution- Neolithic peoples sought to ensure themselves of more regular food supplies by encouraging the growth of edible crops and bringing wild animals into independence on human keepers. The popular term agricultural revolution is somewhat misleading. The establishment of an agricultural economy was not an even that took place at a given date but rather a process that unfolded over many countries, as human beings gradually learned how to cultivate crops and keep animals.
Aristocracy-“… is a form of government in which power is in the hands of a small, privileged, ruling class” (Aristocracy). Inca aristocrats and priests led privileged lives.
Aristocrats consumed fine foods and dressed…show more content…
The ruler then served as a link between heaven and earth.
Monogamy- Monogamy is a form of marriage in which an individual has only one spouse during their lifetime or at any one time. In ancient India after a woman’s husband dies, she still doesn’t have any independence and is not allowed to remarry. Men are the ones that get to re-marry.
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Pagan- “Paganism is a broad group of indigenous and historical polytheistic religious
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------------------------------------------------- traditions—primarily those of cultures known to the classical world”( Paganism).
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Pastoral/pastoralism- “A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasturage”(Pastoral). Patriachary/patriachary systems- Patriachary is when the oldest male takes control. China, Egypt and Nubia, India, and Mesopotamia had this type of society. Within Mesopotamian households, men would decide the work that the family members would perform and made…show more content…
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