Ap World history chapter 1 words
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| 878688362 | abolish | to do away with; put an end to | 0 | |
| 878688363 | acquisition | the act of acquiring or gaining possession | 1 | |
| 878688364 | agrarian | relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property | 2 | |
| 878688365 | annex | to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state | 3 | |
| 878688366 | ascetic | a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons | 4 | |
| 878688367 | bureaucracy | government by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials | 5 | |
| 878688368 | caliph | a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad | 6 | |
| 878688369 | capitalist | a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises | 7 | |
| 878688370 | colonize | to settle land distant from one's homeland but maintain ties with it | 8 | |
| 878688371 | communism | a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state | 9 | |
| 878688372 | conscription | compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft | 10 | |
| 878688373 | conservation | the disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change | 11 | |
| 878688374 | cultural diffusion | the transmission of cultural institutions, skills, or myths from one culture to another | 12 | |
| 878688375 | decentralized | to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area | 13 | |
| 878688376 | democracy | government by the people; a form of government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system | 14 | |
| 878688377 | domestic | of or pertaining to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family OR pertaining to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries | 15 | |
| 878688378 | dynasty | a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group | 16 | |
| 878688379 | empire | a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, or empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom | 17 | |
| 878688380 | envoy | a diplomatic agent; any accredited messenger or representative | 18 | |
| 878688381 | extraterritoriality | immunity from the jurisdiction of a nation; granted to foreign diplomatic officials, foreign warships, etc. | 19 | |
| 878688382 | fascism | a government system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly, suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism | 20 | |
| 878688383 | feudalism | a political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legan and military service of tenants, and forfeiture | 21 | |
| 878688384 | immigrant | a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence | 22 | |
| 878688385 | imperialism | the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies | 23 | |
| 878688386 | indentured servant | a person who is bound to work for another for a specified period of time | 24 | |
| 878688387 | indigenous | originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native | 25 | |
| 878688388 | industrialization | the large-scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area, society, country, etc. | 26 | |
| 878688389 | kingdom | a state or government having a king or queen as its head | 27 | |
| 878688390 | maritime | connected with the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc. | 28 | |
| 878688391 | mercantilism | the goal of a state was the accumulation of precious metals, by exporting the largest possible quantity of its products and importing as little as possible, thus establishing a favorable balance of trade | 29 | |
| 878688392 | merchant | a person who buys or sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader | 30 | |
| 878688393 | metallurgy | the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them a certain desired shapes or properties | 31 | |
| 878688394 | migration | to go from one country, region, or place to another | 32 | |
| 878688395 | monastic | of, pertaining to, or characteristics of monks or nuns, their manner of life, or their religious obligations OR of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a secluded, dedicated or austere manner of living | 33 | |
| 878688396 | nationalism | devotion and loyalty to one's country; the desire for national advancement or political independence | 34 | |
| 878688397 | nomadic | has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of pasturage or food supply | 35 | |
| 878688398 | pastoral | of, pertaining or, or consisting of shepherds/herding | 36 | |
| 878688399 | patriarchal | of or pertaining to the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc. | 37 | |
| 878688400 | popular sovereignty | the doctrine that power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will | 38 | |
| 878688401 | reform | the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, or unsatisfactory, etc. | 39 | |
| 878688402 | rural | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people | 40 | |
| 878688403 | secular | of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred | 41 | |
| 878688404 | sedentary | abiding in one place; not migratory | 42 | |
| 878688405 | self-determination | the determining by the people of the form their government shall have, without reference to the wishes of any other nation, especially by people of a territory or former colony | 43 | |
| 878688406 | socialism | a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole | 44 | |
| 878688407 | subservient | serving or acting in subordinate capacity | 45 | |
| 878688408 | suffrage | the right to vote, especially in a political election | 46 | |
| 878688409 | tax | a sum of money demanded by the government for its support for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc. | 47 | |
| 878688410 | totalitarianism | absolute control by the state or governing branch of a highly centralized institution | 48 | |
| 878688411 | urban | of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town | 49 |
