10551644586 | Administration | the activities that relate to running a company, school, or other organization | 0 | |
10551644587 | Agricultural | relating to the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products | 1 | |
10551644588 | Austere | morally strict | 2 | |
10551644589 | B.C.E. | Before Common Era. Refers to the years before the birth of Jesus. | 3 | |
10551644590 | Bureaucracy | a body of non-elective government officials | 4 | |
10551644591 | Century | a period of 100 years. | 5 | |
10551644592 | C.E. | Common Era. Refers to the years after the birth of Jesus | 6 | |
10551644593 | Commerce | the exchange or buying and selling of commodities on a large scale involving transportation from place to place | 7 | |
10551644594 | Consumption | the utilization of economic goods in the satisfaction of wants or in the process of production resulting chiefly in their destruction, deterioration, or transformation | 8 | |
10551644595 | Contemporary | happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same period of time | 9 | |
10551644596 | Coup d'état | a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | 10 | |
10551644597 | Culture | the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time | 11 | |
10551644598 | Demographics | relating to the dynamic balance of a population especially with regard to density and capacity for expansion or decline | 12 | |
10551644599 | Diaspora | any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland, especially involuntarily, as Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade or Jews the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity. | 13 | |
10551644600 | Divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God or a god | 14 | |
10551644601 | Diffusion | the spread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to others by contact | 15 | |
10551644602 | Dynasty | (1) a succession of rulers of the same line of descent (2) a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time | 16 | |
10551644603 | Egalitarian | (1) a belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs (2) a social philosophy advocating the removal of inequalities among people | 17 | |
10551644604 | Elite | 1) the socially superior part of society (2) a group of persons who by virtue of position or education exercise much power or influence | 18 | |
10551644605 | Ethnocentric | characterized by or based on the attitude that one's own group is superior | 19 | |
10551644606 | Exploit | (1) to make productive use of (2) to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage | 20 | |
10551644607 | Facilitate | to make easier, help bring about | 21 | |
10551644608 | Hierarchy | the classification of a group of people according to ability or to economic, social, or professional standing | 22 | |
10551644609 | Ideology | (1) manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture (2) the integrated assertions, theories and aims that constitute a sociopolitical program | 23 | |
10551644610 | Imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor | 24 | |
10551644611 | Incite | to move to action, stir up, spur on, and urge on | 25 | |
10551644612 | Indentured servant | a person who signs and is bound by indentures to work for another for a specified time especially in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance | 26 | |
10551644613 | Industrial | of or relating to factories, the people who work in factories, or the things made in factories | 27 | |
10551644614 | Interregional | between, among, in the midst of differing places | 28 | |
10551644615 | Legitimate | 1) lawfully begotten; specifically: born in wedlock; having full filial rights and obligations by birth | 29 | |
10551644616 | Manufacture | (1) something made from raw materials by hand or by machinery (2) the process of making wares by hand or by machinery especially when carried on systematically with division of labor (3) a productive industry using mechanical power and machinery | 30 | |
10551644617 | Maritime | (1) of, relating to, or bordering on the sea (2) of or relating to navigation or commerce on the sea (2) being exactly as purposed: neither spurious nor false (3) accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements | 31 | |
10551644618 | Merchant | (1) a buyer and seller of commodities for profit, trader (2) the operator of a retail business | 32 | |
10551644619 | Metallurgy | the science and technology of metals | 33 | |
10551644620 | Migration | to move from one country, place, or locality to another | 34 | |
10551644621 | Monopoly | exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. | 35 | |
10551644622 | Obligatory | relating to our enforcing an obligation | 36 | |
10551644623 | Papacy | the system of the Roman Catholic Church of which the pope is the supreme head | 37 | |
10551644624 | Pastoral | devoted to or based on livestock raising | 38 | |
10551644625 | Patriarchal | control by men of a disproportionately large share of power | 39 | |
10551644626 | Periodization | division (as of history) into time periods | 40 | |
10551644627 | Predominantly | having superior strength, influence, or authority | 41 | |
10551644628 | Prehistoric | of, relation to, or existing in times before history | 42 | |
10551644629 | Revolution | a fundamental change in political organization | 43 | |
10551644630 | Shaman | a priest/priestess who uses magic for the purpose of curing the sick, divining the hidden, and controlling events | 44 | |
10551644631 | State | a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory | 45 | |
10551644632 | Status quo | the existing state of affairs | 46 | |
10551644633 | Stratification | divided or arranged into class, castes, or social strata | 47 | |
10551644634 | Sovereignty | supreme power especially over a political body | 48 | |
10551644635 | Suffrage | the right to vote, especially in a political election | 49 | |
10551644636 | Tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true | 50 | |
10551644637 | Theism | belief in existence of a god or gods | 51 | |
10551644638 | Universal | present or occurring everywhere | 52 | |
10551644639 | Urbanization | the process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more and more people begin living and working in central | 53 | |
10551644640 | Veneration | respect or awe inspired by the dignity, wisdom, dedication, or talent of a person | 54 |
AP World History Vocab Flashcards
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