Unit 2 Vocabulary
Across
- 8. structural adaptation of a body part to a particular function or of an organism for life in a particular environment
- 9. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system
- 10. a manner of accomplishing a task especially using technical processes, methods, or knowledge
- 11. a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object, especially remaining from a particular period
- 12. alphabet (বাংলা লিপি), Arabic alphabet (لوحة المفاتيح العربية), Mandarin alphabet (中文鍵盤/中文键盘)
- 14. a worker who practices a trade or handicraft
- 16. The body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a political unit or organization
- 18. a gradual change from nomadic hunting and gathering communities and bands to agriculture and settlement. This period is described as a "revolution" because it changed the way of life of communities which made the change.
- 20. the reduction of unwritten customs or case law to statutory form (written law).
- 22. a system of social hierarchy specific to India, which still exists today
- 24. a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices
- 26. any system where groups of people are ranked one above another. Examples: poor, middle class, wealthy
- 27. a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority
- 28. belief in more than one god
Down
- 1. the transmission of elements or features of one culture to another.
- 2. belief in one god
- 3. the act or process of domesticating something or someone or the state of being adapted from a wild or natural state (as by selective breeding) to life in close association with humans
- 4. a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies. Among the most famous are the great independent cities of the ancient world, such as Athens, Sparta, Carthage, Thebes, Corinth, and Rome.
- 5. A language that is written down and used for recording events, ideas and feelings.
- 6. a succession of rulers of the same line of descent/a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time
- 7. the stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced
- 13. any sort of governing structure that controls the behavior of people around it
- 15. a government in which power is vested in a minority consisting of those believed to be best qualified
- 17. a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them
- 19. undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person
- 21. a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
- 23. a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by religious authorities.
- 25. ancient trade route that extended from eastern China to the Mediterranean Sea