AP World History Vocabulary for the summer of 2017
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| 6947098190 | Absolutism | The acceptance or belief in the absolute principles within the political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters of the higher ups (such as the government). | 0 | |
| 6947098775 | Agriculture | The practice of farming; it includes cultivation of the soil for growing crops and collecting food and material sources from animals such as wool. | 1 | |
| 6947100218 | Aristocracy | The highest class in certain type of societies, more so found within those whom hold hereditary titles or offices. | 2 | |
| 6947100219 | Bias | An opinion that is usually based on one's favorite thing, person, or group when it is compared with another; this form of an opinion is usually considered to be unfair. | 3 | |
| 6947100516 | Bureaucracy | This is an system of government in which almost every important decision is made by the state officials rather than by the elected representatives. | 4 | |
| 6947100517 | Chiefdom | This is a form of hierarchical political organization in an non-industrial society which is usually based on kinship. | 5 | |
| 6947101018 | City-State | A city that with the surrounding territory forms, it becomes an independent state. | 6 | |
| 6947101492 | Civilization | An stage of human social development, and organization, which is considered the most advanced. | 7 | |
| 6947101493 | Commercial | Being involved with or engaged in commerce. | 8 | |
| 6947102135 | Demography | An study or composition of statistics like births, deaths, income; when there is a large spread disease they also tend to use this to demonstrate the changes in human populations. | 9 | |
| 6947102808 | Divination | An practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown future by means of "magic" or in other supernatural means. | 10 | |
| 6947102809 | Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country. | 11 | |
| 6947102810 | Empire | An large group of states or countries under one supreme ruler. | 12 | |
| 6947103209 | Epidemic | An widespread reoccurring infectious disease in a certain community and at a certain time. | 13 | |
| 6947103210 | Forager | One whom wanders to search for supplies or provisions such as food or wool. | 14 | |
| 6947103622 | Globalization | The rapid and unimpeded flow of capital, labor, and ideas across national borders. | 15 | |
| 6947103623 | Indentured Servant | An person whom signed a contract in which they agree to work for a certain amount of time in exchange for food, clothing, and shelter. | 16 | |
| 6947104136 | Interregional | Involving or connecting two or more different regions. | 17 | |
| 6947104137 | Kingdom | An region ruled by a king or queen. | 18 | |
| 6947104482 | Medieval | The Middle Ages, more so known for its old-fashioned and/or primitive times. | 19 | |
| 6947104774 | Merchant | A person, usually tied to a company, that is involved with trade or commerce. | 20 | |
| 6947104775 | Monotheism | The belief that there is only one God. | 21 | |
| 6947105763 | Nation | A politically organized body of people under a single government. | 22 | |
| 6947105764 | Neolithic | New Stone Age; an period in the development of human technology which began around 10,200 BC. | 23 | |
| 6947105773 | Nobility | A group of people in an high-ranking society group. | 24 | |
| 6947109127 | Nomad | A member of a community of people who live in different locations; they tend to wander from place to place. | 25 | |
| 6947109128 | Ocean | A very large span of water which has been divided geographically; it has also been made into trading routes and traveling routes for tourism. | 26 | |
| 6947109129 | Pandemic | An outbreak of a disease that spread worldwide. | 27 | |
| 6947109544 | Papacy | This is the office/authority of the Pope. | 28 | |
| 6947109549 | Pastoral | This is used for (or related to) the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle. | 29 | |
| 6947111409 | Patriarchal | This relates to or is considered a characteristic of a system of society or of a government only controlled by men. | 30 | |
| 6947112096 | Periodization | This is the process of study of the categorization of the past into quantified named blocks of time in order to facilitate the studies and analysis' of history. | 31 | |
| 6947114498 | Polytheism | This is the belief and/or worship that there is more than one God. | 32 | |
| 6947114499 | Prehistoric | This was a time period around 5000 years ago, before writing was invented. | 33 | |
| 6947123658 | Primary Source | An artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created for the purpose for it to be studied and used as an academic discipline. | 34 | |
| 6947123659 | Revolution | This is the forcible overthrow of a government, or a social order, with favor from an group of an rebellion in favor of a new system. | 35 | |
| 6947123995 | Rural | The characteristic of an area of living, it is commonly referred to as the countryside. | 36 | |
| 6947123996 | Scribe | This is a person whom's job is to write and copy out documents before printing was invented. | 37 | |
| 6947124518 | Secondary Source | Usually portrayed in scholarly books and articles, this type of source isn't completely reliable due to the fact the ones whom wrote it were not witnesses or experience it first-hand. | 38 | |
| 6947124519 | Serf | This is an agricultural laborer that is bound, under the feudal system, to work on his/hers lord's/mistresses estate. | 39 | |
| 6947124520 | Shaman | This is a person that is regarded as having access to and influenced by the world of good and bad spirits; these are more commonly seen within the areas of northern Asia and North America. | 40 | |
| 6947125124 | Slave | This is someone whom is legal property of another and that is forced to obey their owners or masters. | 41 | |
| 6947125125 | State | This is a territory, in a nation, that is considered an organized political community under the rule of one government. | 42 | |
| 6947125694 | Steppes | A large area of an flat grassland with no forest which can usually be found in southeastern Europe or Siberia. | 43 | |
| 6947125695 | Urban | This area of living is characterized as the city or town. | 44 |
