7223969435 | Absolutism | Acceptance of absolute principles in politics, philosophical, ethical or theological | 0 | |
7223973051 | Agriculture | Farming and cultivation of the land | 1 | |
7223973916 | Aristocracy | The highest class in certain societies, especially those holding heredity titles or offices | 2 | |
7223976520 | Bias | Prejudice in favor of or against one thing/things compared with something else (usually unfair) | 3 | |
7223979843 | Bureaucracy | A system of government in which most of the important decision | 4 | |
7223981293 | Chiefdom | A form of hierarchical political organization in non industrial societies usually based on kinship and formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families/"houses" | 5 | |
7223987178 | City-state | A city surrounded by areas that forms a unique political unit | 6 | |
7223989130 | Civilization | The stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advance | 7 | |
7223991679 | Commercial | Making or intending to make profit. Also concerned with or engaged in commerce | 8 | |
7223994512 | Demography | The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of deaths, illustrates the changing structure of human population | 9 | |
7223998000 | Divination | The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means | 10 | |
7224000480 | Dynasty | Rulers from the family | 11 | |
7224001449 | Empires | Multiple territories controlled by one person or government | 12 | |
7224004140 | Epidemic | A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease at a particular time | 13 | |
7224009772 | Forager | A search for supplies or make a raid | 14 | |
7224012586 | Globalization | 15 | ||
7224013496 | Indentured Servant | 16 | ||
7224013497 | Interregional | Relates to or occurs between different regions | 17 | |
7224014991 | Kingdom | A country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen | 18 | |
7224016131 | Medieval | Another word for the Middle Ages | 19 | |
7224017069 | Merchants | Professional traders | 20 | |
7224017772 | Monotheism | Belief in one god | 21 | |
7224019114 | Nation | 22 | ||
7224019115 | Neolithic | When people began to farm | 23 | |
7224020937 | Nobility | A group of people belonging to the noble classes in a country | 24 | |
7224022116 | Nomad | A member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find a fresh pasture for their livestock | 25 | |
7224025294 | Ocean | A very large expanse of sea, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically | 26 | |
7224026820 | Pandemic | An outbreak of a disease effecting the whole country or world | 27 | |
7224028497 | Papacy | the office or authority of the Pope | 28 | |
7224029438 | Pastoral | Concerns or appropriate to the the giving spiritual guidance | 29 | |
7224034907 | Patriarchal | Relates to or characteristics of society or government controlled by men | 30 | |
7224036756 | Periodization | The process or study of categorizing the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time in order to facilitate the study and analysis of history | 31 | |
7224040913 | Polytheism | A belief in more than one god | 32 | |
7224042543 | Prehistoric | Time period before written records | 33 | |
7224043161 | Revolution | A forcing overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system | 34 | |
7224044547 | Rural | A countryside | 35 | |
7224044548 | Scribe | A professional writer | 36 | |
7224046029 | Secondary Source | Sources that describes and analyze primary accounts | 37 | |
7224046895 | Serfs | Workers who are tied to the land on which they lived | 38 | |
7224047604 | Shaman | 39 | ||
7224048070 | Slaves | People who are legal property of another and forced to obey the owner | 40 | |
7224048771 | State | A nation/territory considered as an organized political community under one government | 41 | |
7224050313 | Steppes | Large areas of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia | 42 | |
7224053015 | Urban | A city | 43 |
AP World History (Vocab) Flashcards
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