Mini Unit 1 Quizz Review

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.

• Meditation

• Shamanism

• Yoga

• Mysticism

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).

• Taoism

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Buddhism

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.

• Agrarian Societies

• Industrial Societies

• Hunter-Gatherer Societies

• Pastoral Societies

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.

• Agrarian Societies

• Industrial Societies

• Hunter-Gatherer Societies

• Pastoral Societies

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.

• Anarchy

• Feudalism

• State

• Democracy

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.

• Buddhism

• Jainism

• Hinduism

• Sikhism

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

• Anarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

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

• Animism

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Atheism

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

• Industrial Societies

• Horticultural Societies

• Pastoral Societies

• Agrarian Societies

Also called Old Stone Age, this ancient cultural stage, or level, of human development was characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools and hunter-gatherer societies.

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic

• Paleolithic

• Chalcolithic