2832425837 | absolutism | a political theory that absolute power should be vested in one authority | 0 | |
2832428163 | agriculture | the practice of farming, that includes cultivation of the soil for growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food and other products | 1 | |
2832432415 | aristocracy | the highest class in certain societies; a form of government in which power is held by nobility | 2 | |
2832436728 | bias | prejudice by means of a strong inclination of the mind or a preconceived opinion about something or someone | 3 | |
2832439391 | bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives | 4 | |
2832443008 | chiefdom | a form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families or houses | 5 | |
2832448079 | city-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state | 6 | |
2832449933 | civilization | the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced; the society, culture and way of life of a particular area. | 7 | |
2832456556 | commercial | something or someone that is concerned with or engaged in commerce | 8 | |
2832459052 | demography | the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or incidence of disease, which illustrates the changing structure of human populations | 9 | |
2832463543 | divination | the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means | 10 | |
2832466121 | dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country | 11 | |
2832467529 | empire | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority | 12 | |
2832471365 | epidemic | a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time | 13 | |
2832472974 | forager | a person or animal that searches widely for food or provisions | 14 | |
2832474353 | globalization | a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, driven by trade and investment | 15 | |
2832478588 | indentured servant | a person who was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time, usually seven years, especially during the 17th to 19th centuries in order to gain voyage to another country, particularly America | 16 | |
2832481899 | interregional | something of, involving, or connecting two of more regions | 17 | |
2832484019 | kingdom | a country, state or territory ruled by a king or queen | 18 | |
2832485525 | medieval | something of or relating to the Middle Ages | 19 | |
2832486723 | merchant | a person of company involved in wholesale trade | 20 | |
2832488983 | monotheism | the doctrine of belief that there is only one God | 21 | |
2832492796 | nation | a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory | 22 | |
2832505982 | Neolithic | something of, relating to, or denoting the later part of the Stone Age | 23 | |
2832508880 | nobility | a group of people belonging to the noble class in a country, especially those with a hereditary or honorary title | 24 | |
2832513807 | nomad | a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place | 25 | |
2832515672 | ocean | a very large expanse of sea | 26 | |
2832526932 | pandemic | an outbreak of a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world | 27 | |
2832529678 | papacy | the office or authority of the pope | 28 | |
2832530946 | pastoral | a land used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle | 29 | |
2832533942 | patriarchal | something of, relating to, or characteristic of a patriarch | 30 | |
2832535948 | periodization | the act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study | 31 | |
2832539433 | polytheism | the belief or worship of more than one god | 32 | |
2832541023 | prehistoric | something of, relating to, or denoting the period before written records | 33 | |
2832544362 | primary source | a document or physical object written or created during the time being studied; includes people who witnessed it or were there, books written by those same people, artifacts, and documents | 34 | |
2832556987 | revolution | a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system | 35 | |
2832559718 | rural | something in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside | 36 | |
2832561475 | scribe | a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do so before printing was invented | 37 | |
2832563613 | secondary source | usually a scholarly book or article written about the time being studied | 38 | |
2832566280 | serf | an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate | 39 | |
2832574458 | shaman | a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits | 40 | |
2832576891 | slave | a person who was the legal property of another and was forced to obey them | 41 | |
2832578511 | state | a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government | 42 | |
2832581289 | steppes | large areas of flat, unforested grasslands in southeastern Europe or Siberia | 43 | |
2832585667 | urban | something in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town | 44 |
AP World History Vocab Flashcards
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