Government Unit 1 Key Terms Flashcardz

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This is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with what they believe to be a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world.

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Shamanism

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This was the period during which Hebrew Bible canon, monotheism, and messianic & apocalyptic expectations were adopted into the Jewish faith from 515 BCE – 70 CE.

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Second Temple Judaism

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This was a system of ethical and philosophical teachings founded in ancient China; the philosophy became popular after it was adopted by the Han Dynasty shortly after the Warring States Period (475 BCE – 221 BCE) & Qin Dynasty (221 BCE – 206 BCE).

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Confucianism

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This is a society which historically utilizes a form of animal husbandry; such societies are often composed of nomadic people who moved with their herds.

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Pastoral society

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These are societies in which nomadic people live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food. They often do not exceed more than 200 members in total.

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Hunter-gatherer societies

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This is a system in which a state or government holds relatively stable power or authority over those within its polity; in its modern form, it is generally centralized & organization and holds a monopoly on violence.

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State System

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This is a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, which developed from Vedic religion, generally centered around a rigid caste system and believes in the cycle of reincarnation.

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Hinduism

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This is a society that is not governed by a state, or, especially in common American English, has no government.

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Stateless System

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This is a religious or spiritual practice in which humans worship and/or attribute souls to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.

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Animism

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This is the name for primitive agricultural societies that essentially gardened to supplement hunting and gathering.

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Horticultural societies