Class Vocab (word of the day)
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| 2107687140 | Codify Law | collect laws in a given area to regularize them | 0 | |
| 2107689251 | Dualistic Religion | a belief system with two opposing forces (usually good v.s. evil) |  | 1 |
| 2107689906 | Hegemony | state of being a supreme power | 2 | |
| 2107692611 | Infastructure | the constructions that help to organize and manage a society | 3 | |
| 2107693868 | Tributary System | when conquered people give their conquerors objects/money/people as a sign of submission | 4 | |
| 2107696663 | Socioeconomic Divide | gab between the rich and the poor | 5 | |
| 2107701304 | Hellenism | the spreading of Greek culture |  | 6 |
| 2107702516 | Economy of Scale | an economic system to nominate profit | 7 | |
| 2107704224 | Syncretism | the mixing of different elements (cultures) to make a new product |  | 8 |
| 2107706862 | Economic Specialization | when a region/area is known for a specific economic activity or resource | 9 | |
| 2107709310 | Sinification | the spread of Chinese culture | 10 | |
| 2107710302 | Dar Al Islam | "House of Islam" place where Islam could be practiced |  | 11 |
| 2107712481 | "Spread by the Sword" | empire created by violence | 12 | |
| 2107715150 | Civil Service Examination | Confucian based test to determine if someone is qualified to be a government employee |  | 13 |
| 2107716655 | Meritocracy | system in which people earn positions based on skills and knowledge instead of being handed down positions from family | 14 | |
| 2107720937 | Commercialized Agriculture | when certain crops are grown exclusively for sale Ex: champa in Tang/Song China |  | 15 |
| 2107725635 | Guild | an organization of similarly skilled workers that function in unison |  | 16 |
| 2107727580 | Market Economy | a system in which people, not the government, control the buying and selling of goods | 17 | |
| 2107729465 | Endemic | disease that spreads within a certain state or province Ex: dysentery in Army camps | 18 | |
| 2400120352 | Epidemic | A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease within a community | 19 | |
| 2107738994 | Pandemic | worldwide spread disease Ex: The Spanish Flu |  | 20 |
| 2108903423 | State-Building | -Anything refering to building and solidifying the government -creation of a governing structure - religion: Dar al Islam, laws (The Sharia) - political: infrastructure , Roman Roads - economic: Achaemenid, coins & taxation system | 21 | |
| 2134386001 | Humanism | Characteristic of The Renaissance; the expressions of humans is greater/better than science | 22 | |
| 2134400923 | Secular | Characteristic of The Renaissance; the moving away from religion, and thinking about the world | 23 | |
| 2134430404 | Trading Post Empire | Civilization that focuses on economic gain rather than military or cultural conquest Ex: The Portuguese, British, and Spanish |  | 24 |
| 2134472271 | Joint Stock Company | When people contribute money together to sponsor a voyage with low risk and high rewards Ex: British East India Company and VOC |  | 25 |
| 2134478423 | Entrepot | Center for import/export; trading center | 26 | |
| 2134490090 | The Colombian Exchange | Purposeful, or incidental, transfer of foods, animals, humans, diseases, and technology between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres |  | 27 |
| 2134492836 | Diaspora | Spreading of peoples from one location to the world | 28 | |
| 2144836100 | Absolute Monarch | A king or queen that had total control over a state |  | 29 |
| 2144844667 | Divine Right | Belief that Absolute Monarchs had that their right to rule came from God himself | 30 | |
| 2144850372 | Republic | An elected democracy (indirect democracy) | 31 | |
| 2144858094 | Constitutional Monarchy | When a king or queen is restricted by laws created by Parliament (legislature) | 32 | |
| 2144866483 | Sovereignty | The ability for countries to govern themselves | 33 | |
| 396511900 | Encomienda | Labor system in which a person who is given land has permission to enslave the Indiginous people there |  | 34 |
| 333957405 | Hacienda | (a.k.a. estanza/fazenda) an encomienda, most of the time is agriculturally based | 35 | |
| 122841502 | Mita | Labor system in which a society has to give 1 out of every 7 men to work for a few months Ex: Incas in silver mines | 36 | |
| 847475630 | Engenho | Labor system in which each enslaved person had a specific job Ex: Portuguese Sugar Production | 37 | |
| 2185500006 | Autocracy | Government with absolute rule by one person Ex: Akbar in the Mughal Empire | 38 | |
| 2185500007 | Succession | Refers to who is the rightful ruler after a given ruler | 39 | |
| 2221152527 | Popular Sovereignty | The right to rule comes from the people | 40 | |
| 2221154582 | Ideology | A coherent vision of human nature, human society, and the larger world that proposes dome particular form of political and social organization as ideal. | 41 | |
| 2246525920 | Innovation | an improvemnet upon something previously invented Ex: Assembly line |  | 42 |
| 2246525921 | Invention | an original physical creation Ex: Steam engine |  | 43 |
| 2252377683 | Industrial Capitalism | An economic system that relies on investment in machines and technology that are used to increase production of marketable goods | 44 | |
| 2252389341 | Mercantilism | An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | 45 | |
| 2257377429 | Corporation | An independent legal entity owned by shareholders. | 46 | |
| 2270679445 | "Welfare" State | Where the government provides services for the people through large taxes paid by the people | 47 | |
| 2270679446 | Capitalism | 1.) Private (individuals/companies) control the economy/factors of production 2.) Goal is to maximize profit 3.) Competition *Private* ownership of the factors of production | 48 | |
| 2270679447 | Communism | *Public* ownership of the factors of production through a revolution of the workers (proletariat) |  | 49 |
| 2270679448 | Socialism | -A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production. -*Some* private ownership of the factors of production | 50 | |
| 2289665812 | Capitulation | when territory or other consessions are given from one state to another | 51 | |
| 2289665813 | Extraterritoriality | when foreigners are granted privileges in land belonging to another state | 52 | |
| 2297114235 | Nation | group of people that have a common identity | 53 | |
| 2297115287 | Nationalism | people are bound together and want to further their group | 54 | |
| 2309994963 | Serf | Laborer usually agricultural that is bonded to the land he/she works on in exchange for the landowners protection Ex: Russia and Feudalistic Europe | 55 | |
| 2309994964 | Westernization | When one state is influenced by the ideas and culture of Western Europe and the U.S.A |  | 56 |
| 2309999003 | Colonialism | Sending of colonists to settle new lands and the political, social, economic, and cultural structures that enabled imperial powers to dominate subject lands. | 57 | |
| 2310002156 | Imperialism | Domination of European powers (and later the US and Japan) over subject lands in the larger world | 58 | |
| 2319760818 | Ethnocentrism | Belief that ones culture is superior to anothers culture Ex: French colonizing missions | 59 | |
| 2319760819 | Social Darwinism | Theory of survival of the fittest applied to society | 60 | |
| 2325285334 | Jingoism | aggressive imperialism / nationalism, willing to use force if needed to expand your country | 61 | |
| 2325285335 | Jingo | a person that condones aggressive imperialism / nationalism, willing to use force if needed to expand your country Ex: Teddy Roosevelt |  | 62 |
| 2325285336 | Sphere of Influence | area controlled for specific economic reasons |  | 63 |
| 2325285337 | Protectorate | When an area is given indirect rule but protected by an imperial power | 64 | |
| 2345812799 | Banana Republic | A nation dependent on one crop / product with a very divided society between a small group of rich and large group of poor workers; set up all across Ex: Central America in 1800-1900s due to economic imperialism |  | 65 |
| 2345812800 | Demographics | Characteristics, such as age gender income, by which people are divided into particular social categories. | 66 | |
| 2400072686 | Fascism | A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition | 67 | |
| 2400073968 | Militarism | A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war |  | 68 |
| 2423085713 | Self-Determination | Belief that a national group has the ability to create its own state | 69 | |
| 2423085714 | Total War | The engaement and mobilization of all parts of society for the war effort Ex: Germany targeting civilians with Zepplins | 70 | |
| 2423085715 | Homefront | How civilians and other non-military parts of society helped the war effort Ex: Selling of bonds by the US | 71 | |
| 2400074902 | Chauvinism | Fanatical patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory; undue or biased devotion to any group, cause, etc. | 72 | |
| 2400078446 | Ultranationalism | Extreme nationalism often associated with fascism; a militant right-wing orientation typically characterized by militarism, racial bigotry, and xenophobia. | 73 | |
| 2400079478 | Xenophobia | a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers | 74 | |
| 2400080062 | Psychoanalytics | behavior is motivated by unconcious desires | 75 | |
| 2400111425 | Surrealism | An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images emphasized the expression of the imagination as realized in dreams and presented without conscious control. |  | 76 |
| 2400142521 | anti-Semitic | To have hostility to Jews as individuals, to Judaism as a religion, to Jews as a group. |  | 77 |
| 2500289949 | Neoimperialism | A new form of imperialism in which instead of controlling countries through direct political and military control they are controlled through money and their economy Ex: Dollar Diplomacy in the Carribbean | 78 | |
| 2500289950 | Export-Based Economy | An economy structures around the cultivation and trade of one or two natural resources Ex: South African diamond trade | 79 |
