Terms1
Characteristic
Trait
Cutting down and burning trees/vegetation to clear land for farming
slash-and-burn
Native to an area or land
Indigenous
The customs, beliefs, and practices that define a group of people or society, and are passed down through generations from ancestors.
Traditional culture
Chosen to lead/rule by God and related to gods
Divine rule
an independent city- and sometimes its surrounding land - which has its own government, completely separate from other countries.
City-State
a group of people with their own language and way of life (ex: culture, technology, etc)
Civilization
farming
Agriculture