2848675529 | theocracy | A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god | 0 | |
2848677447 | urban | living in a city or town | 1 | |
2848679955 | epidemic | Outbreak of a rapidly spreading disease from person to person | 2 | |
2848683227 | empire | A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler | 3 | |
2848685003 | interregional kingdom | of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local | 4 | |
2848687476 | civilization | A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes | 5 | |
2848690293 | syncretism | trying to combine different forms of belief and practice | 6 | |
2848694242 | slave | a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another, a bond servant | 7 | |
2848697758 | feudalism | a political and social system based on ownership of land, based on a rigid class structure. | 8 | |
2848700861 | dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family | 9 | |
2848701607 | revolution | An overthrow and replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. | 10 | |
2848703168 | rural | Country | 11 | |
2848704164 | divine | appropriate or devoted to God or a god. | 12 | |
2848707100 | diaspora | the body of jews living in countries outside Israel | 13 | |
2848710949 | demography | Scientific study of human populations. | 14 | |
2848713400 | colonialism | the governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory or people | 15 | |
2848720216 | city-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. | 16 | |
2848722453 | bias | Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue. | 17 | |
2848723982 | aristocracy | Group of the most wealthy and privileged | 18 | |
2848769664 | agriculture | The art and science of producing food from the land and tending livestock for the purpose of human consumption. | 19 | |
2848770884 | agrarian | relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land | 20 | |
2848773941 | absolutism | A political system in which a ruler holds total power | 21 | |
2848775338 | scribe | A professional writer | 22 | |
2848777611 | prehistoric | Before written history | 23 | |
2848779961 | polytheism | Belief in many gods | 24 | |
2848783023 | periodization | an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study. | 25 | |
2848786075 | patriarchal | male led society and household | 26 | |
2848788024 | medieval | referring to the Middle Ages | 27 | |
2848789991 | indentured servant | person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for passage to America. | 28 | |
2848791801 | imperialism | A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. | 29 | |
2848792938 | globalization | the act of extending to other or all parts of the world | 30 | |
2848797248 | genocide | Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group | 31 | |
2848798677 | forager | the act of searching for any provisions of any kind | 32 | |
2848803642 | merchant | A person who makes money by selling goods | 33 | |
2848804499 | neolithic | the development of agriculture and the manufacture of pottery and textiles (last phase of the Stone Age) | 34 | |
2848811405 | pandemic | epidemic over a large area | 35 | |
2848813909 | papacy | the office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope | 36 | |
2848818630 | serf | A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | 37 | |
2848819826 | shaman | A person who is believed to have the power to cure the sick and forecast and control the future | 38 | |
2848825241 | pastoral | A work of literature dealing with rural life | 39 |
AP World History Terms Flashcards
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