8782577542 | aristocracy | the highest class in certain societies, the nobility | 0 | |
8782581560 | autonomy | the right to make one's own decisions in a particular matter | 1 | |
8782585896 | centralized | when control is concentrated under one authority | 2 | |
8782591452 | coerce | to force someone to do something | 3 | |
8782594031 | commerce | the activity of buying and selling | 4 | |
8782596894 | consequence | a (positive or negative) result of an action or event | 5 | |
8782602837 | conservative | holding to traditional values and attitudes | 6 | |
8782608725 | consolidate | to make something stronger; to combine a number of parts into a coherent whole | 7 | |
8782616286 | contemporary | at the same time as something else; belonging or occurring in the present | 8 | |
8782622826 | cultural diffusion | the spread of beliefs and social activities from one group to another | 9 | |
8782663325 | decentralized | when control is shared among many different people | 10 | |
8782666739 | demographic | relating to the structure of populations | 11 | |
8782673126 | divine | of, from, or like god | 12 | |
8782675832 | egalitarian | equal | 13 | |
8782680194 | emigration | the movement of people out of a country | 14 | |
8782696313 | epidemic | a widespread occurrence of a disease at a particular time | 15 | |
8782704283 | ethnocentrism | believing one's own culture or ethnicity to be superior to others | 16 | |
8782723306 | hegemony | leadership or influence by one country or social group over others | 17 | |
8782740964 | hereditary | passed down from parents to children | 18 | |
8782743933 | heterogeneous | of different kinds | 19 | |
8782747137 | hierarchy | a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority | 20 | |
8782761978 | homogenous | of the same kind; alike | 21 | |
8782764096 | ideology | a system of ideas that forms the basis of philosophy or policy | 22 | |
8782777734 | infrastructure | the physical and organizational structures that make a society possible | 23 | |
8782785205 | impediment | something that gets in the way of something else, an obstacle | 24 | |
8782790273 | implication | the conclusion that can be inferred from something; a possible future event or result | 25 | |
8782799943 | influx | an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things | 26 | |
8782806493 | innate | inborn or natural | 27 | |
8782809163 | liberal | more open to new behavior or opinions OR favoring maximum freedom in political and social life | 28 | |
8782819782 | market | the economy of a country in which buying or selling happens | 29 | |
8782834887 | monarchy | a society with one single ruler | 30 | |
8782841152 | nation-state | a country whose citizens share a similar language or descent | 31 | |
8782850082 | oligarchy | a society ruled by a small group of people | 32 | |
8782862318 | orthodox | in line with what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true | 33 | |
8782869534 | patriarchy | a system of society in which the men hold the power | 34 | |
8782876190 | persecute | to be hostile towards someone or to mistreat them | 35 | |
8782883456 | prior | refers to something that happened earlier | 36 | |
8782894231 | prominent | very noticeable or obvious | 37 | |
8782898340 | revenue | income | 38 | |
8782902000 | secular | relating to non-religious things | 39 | |
8782905730 | sovereignty | supreme power or authority; the authority of a state to govern itself | 40 | |
8782910979 | state-building | the process of strengthening a government's ability to function | 41 | |
8782920543 | subsequent | refers to something that happened next | 42 | |
8782927092 | syncretism | the merging of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought | 43 | |
8782934179 | tariff | a tax on imports or exports | 44 | |
8782937000 | tendency | a likelihood of doing something | 45 | |
8782941202 | tenet | a main principle or belief of a religion or philosophy | 46 | |
8782945576 | theocracy | a system of government in which the ruler claims to be ruling with the approval of god | 47 | |
8782954248 | trans-regional | referring to things that move across different regions or areas | 48 | |
8782960275 | urban | relating to cities | 49 |
AP World History Quiz #1 Flashcards
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