5858024986 | Pre-History | the time period before writing | 0 | |
5858028087 | Secular | apart from religion; non-religious | 1 | |
5858033489 | Theocracy | a government run by religious officials and principles | 2 | |
5858039478 | Monarchy | of the King or Queen of any country | 3 | |
5858042145 | Cultural Diffusion | the spreading of ideas and technology through trade network | 4 | |
5858053740 | Religion | a set of beliefs that deals with the supernatural | 5 | |
5858057193 | Peasant | a poor farmer | 6 | |
5858059580 | Hierarchy | a rigid "chain of command" in a society | 7 | |
5858208424 | Aristocracy | the "upper class" and powerful people in a society | 8 | |
5858063440 | Culture | a groups habit, traditions, and belief that form that groups way of life. | 9 | |
5858068132 | Nomadic | to move around often; not settled | 10 | |
5858071590 | Empire | controlling lands outside of one's original home boundaries | 11 | |
5858077752 | Primary Resources | docs written by the participants of a certain event or time period. | 12 | |
5858084376 | Secondary Resources | docs written by outsiders of a certain event or time period | 13 | |
5858093645 | Bias | to feel a certain way about an issue generally due to one's occupation or background. | 14 | |
5858098887 | BCE | 'Before the Common Era': replaces "BC" | 15 | |
5858105206 | CE | 'Common Era': replaces "AD" | 16 | |
5858110147 | Society | pertaining to a specific group | 17 | |
5858112020 | Demography | the study of human pop living patterns, age groups, etc. | 18 | |
5858119880 | Oceania | Geo. region consisting of the South Pacific islands, including Australia and New Zealand | 19 | |
5858128823 | Clans | a group of fam. belonging to a common ancestor. | 20 | |
5858133116 | Tribes | a society of people who share ancestry, beliefs, and leadership in commmon | 21 | |
5858138797 | Oligarchy | gov. run by a small # of powerful people | 22 | |
5858144297 | Republic | gov. run by elected officials | 23 | |
5858147877 | Democracy | gov. run by the common citizens of the society | 24 | |
5858152203 | Dynasty | a long line of rulers from the same family | 25 | |
5858156833 | Agrarian | of or to do w/ agriculture | 26 | |
5858166755 | Civilization | highly advanced society with governments, writing, complex institution | 27 | |
5858175277 | Politics | of or having to do w/ making rules for and from govt's | 28 | |
5858179439 | Economics | study of a societies scarce resources and how they are used. | 29 |
AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards
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