Chapter 3 Vocab.

Question 1

bronze age

Answer 1

the era centered on third and second millennia BCE when bronze making was the most advanced metallurgical technology in the world

Question 2

tribute

Answer 2

wealth in money or mayoral goods paid by one group to another often conquered group to its conquerors as an obligation of submission or allegiance

Question 3

megalith

Answer 3

a large stone sometimes roughly carved and used to build a structure often having religious significance

Question 4

shamans

Answer 4

a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.

Question 5

pastoral nomadism

Answer 5

depend on domesticated livestock, migrate in an established territory to find pasturage for their animals

Question 6

kinship

Answer 6

A relation between two or more persons that is based on common ancestry (descent) or marriage (affinity)

Question 7

lingua franna

Answer 7

spoken or written language that facilitates commercial or diplomats communication across cultural frontiers

Question 8

clan

Answer 8

type of social organization in which a group of people claim shared identity as descendants of a single, usually distant ancestor, common among pastoral nomadic societies

Question 9

shifting agriculture

Answer 9

method of crop production, a farmer clears and cultivates a plot of land until soil loses nutrient value then moves on to clear and plant a new field allowing the first one to lie fallow and recover