259267173 | Cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops | 0 | |
259267174 | Pastoral | Based on crop raising | 1 | |
259267175 | Urban/ Urbanization | living in a city; the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban | 2 | |
259267176 | Social Stratification | a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy | 3 | |
259267177 | Cultural diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another | 4 | |
259267178 | Bipedalism | the ability to walk upright on two legs | 5 | |
259267179 | Egalitarian | favoring social equality | 6 | |
259267180 | Sedentary | Remaining in one place | 7 | |
259267181 | Scarcity | limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants | 8 | |
259267182 | Hierarchy | the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body | 9 | |
259267183 | Imperial | relating to or associated with an empire | 10 | |
259267184 | Assimilated | accepted into the general population of other cultures | 11 | |
259267185 | Mercantile | of or relating to or characteristic of trade or traders | 12 | |
259267186 | Autonomy | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence | 13 | |
259267187 | Incursions | aggressive entrance into foreign territory; raid or invasion | 14 | |
259267188 | Heresy/ heretical | opinion contrary to popular belief or conventions. words: controversial, unorthodox, dissenting. | 15 | |
259267189 | Decentralized | withdrawn from a center or place of concentration | 16 | |
259267190 | Matriarchal | characteristic of a matriarchy, a society with female leaders. | 17 | |
259267191 | Doctrine | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | 18 | |
259267192 | Diplomacy | the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations without arousing hostility | 19 | |
259267193 | Bureaucracy | a system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 20 | |
259267194 | Linguistic | consisting of or related to language | 21 | |
259267195 | Ideology | the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group. | 22 | |
259267196 | Socioeconomic status | A persons position in society as determined by income, wealth, occupation, education, place of residence, and other factors. | 23 | |
259267197 | Gentry | people of standing(rank or position); people of good family or high social position; class of people just below nobility | 24 |
AP World History Important Terms Flashcards
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