4788910946 | agrarian | relating to fields or land for farming | 0 | |
4788910947 | analysis | separating a whole entity into its component parts for examination | 1 | |
4788910948 | artifact | something made or altered by humans for a practical purpose (used for historical analysis, especially before writing) | 2 | |
4788910949 | assimilation | to incorporate and absorb into surrounding environment | 3 | |
4788910950 | barter | to trade one commodity for another without the use of money | 4 | |
4788910951 | BC/BCE | Before Christ/Before Common Era | 5 | |
4788910952 | AD/CE | Anno Domini (in the year of our lord)/Common Era | 6 | |
4788910953 | bias | tendency toward prejudice; personal judgement | 7 | |
4788910954 | bureaucracy | a body of non-elected government officials that make policy | 8 | |
4788910955 | capitalism | economic system characterized by private ownership, free-enterprise and lack of government involvement in the economy | 9 | |
4788910956 | cash crop | a readily salable crop produced primarily for market (ex: cotton, tobacco) | 10 | |
4788910957 | century | a grouping of 100 years | 11 | |
4788910958 | chronology | an arrangement of events in order of occurrence (1st to last) | 12 | |
4788910959 | circa | at, in or approximately; used especially with dates (ex. Circa 1570) | 13 | |
4788910960 | circum-maritime | world-wide, ocean-going trade | 14 | |
4788910961 | city-state | an autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory | 15 | |
4788910962 | civilization | a relatively high level of cultural and technological development (including writing) | 16 | |
4788910963 | codify | to classify and formally write down | 17 | |
4788910964 | colonialism | control by one power or country over a dependent area and/or people | 18 | |
4788910965 | command economy | economic system where activity is controlled by a central authority (government) and means of production are publicly owned | 19 | |
4788910966 | comparison | examination of two entities, noting similarities and differences | 20 | |
4788910967 | connection | a causal or logical relationship, a tie | 21 | |
4788910968 | consumer | one that uses or utilized economic goods and serivices | 22 | |
4788910969 | continuity | uninterrupted and/or duration without essential change(s) | 23 | |
4788910970 | coup d'etat | a sudden, decisive exercise of force in politics; violent overthrow or altering of existing government by a small group | 24 | |
4788910971 | culture | the characteristic features of a group or people: includes food, religion, etc | 25 | |
4788910972 | decade | a grouping of ten years | 26 | |
4788910973 | decolonization | to be free from colonial status | 27 | |
4788910974 | demography | the statistical study of human populations especially related to size, distribution, density, and vital statistics | 28 | |
4788910975 | dictator | a person granted absolute power and control | 29 | |
4788910976 | diffusion | spread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to another through contact | 30 | |
4788910977 | diversity | being composed of different elements (as peoples, races, cultures) | 31 | |
4788910978 | domestic | of or relating to one's own home country | 32 | |
4788910979 | domestication | to adapt animals and/or plants for human use and benefit | 33 | |
4788910980 | dynasty | a succession of rulers from the same family | 34 | |
4788910981 | ecumene | the permanently inhabited portion of the earth | 35 | |
4788910982 | elites | the best or highest of a class, socially superior | 36 | |
4788910983 | emancipation | liberation, freeing (as in slaves) | 37 | |
4788910984 | empire | a political unit having a great extent of territories or peoples under a single authority | 38 | |
4788910985 | entrepot | a centre of trade and transshipment | 39 | |
4788910986 | entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise | 40 | |
4788910987 | era | a period of time identified by prominent of characteristic features | 41 | |
4788910988 | evolution | a process of continual change | 42 | |
4788910989 | ethnic group | large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic or cultural origin or background | 43 | |
4788910990 | ethno-centrism | having the attitude that one's own culture group is superior to others | 44 | |
4788910991 | expansion | increasing in size | 45 | |
4788910992 | fact | something that is provable; verifiable, actual | 46 | |
4788910993 | federal | relating to the national government | 47 | |
4788910994 | federalism | in the U.S., a division of power between the national and the state governments | 48 | |
4788910995 | feudalism | political system where underlords hold/use land in return for military protection and peasants work the land in return for protection | 49 | |
4788910996 | forage | to wander in search of food | 50 | |
4788910997 | gender | the behavioral, cultural or psychological traits typically associated with one sex, male or female | 51 | |
4788910998 | genocide | the deliberate, systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group | 52 | |
4788910999 | global | of or relating to the entire world | 53 | |
4788911000 | globalization | the development of an increasingly integrated world economy | 54 | |
4788911001 | habitat | the place or environment where a plant, animal or person naturally lives | 55 | |
4788911002 | hegemony | influence or authority exerted by a dominant group over others | 56 |
AP World History Vocab Flashcards
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