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20 Cards in this Set
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Afterlife
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life after death
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Autonomy
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self-government
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Bureaucracy
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the body of officials and administrators
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Civil service
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The entire body of persons employed by the civil branches of a government.
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Citizen
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an inhabitant of a city or town
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Deity
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A god or goddes
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Filial
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befitting a son or daughter
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Foraging
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the acquisition of food by hunting, fishing, or the gathering of plant matter.
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Imperial
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pertaining to an empire
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Monotheism
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Belief in one god.
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Nomadic
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A member of a group of people who have no fixed home
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Pagan
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one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion
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Pantheon
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a domed circular temple at Rome,
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Pastoral
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pertaining to the country or to life in the country
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Patriarchy
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a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family
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Poltheism
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Belief in many gods
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reincarnation
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the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form.
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Sacred Texts
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Sedentary
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Remaining or living in one area
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Stratification
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the hierarchical or vertical division of society according to rank, caste, or class
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