AP World Summer Packet Terms
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| 421772859 | absolutism | a form of government in which the ruler is not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc. | 0 | |
| 421772860 | agriculture | the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers | 1 | |
| 421772861 | aristocracy | an upper class whose wealth is based on land and whose power is passed on from one generation to another | 2 | |
| 421772862 | bias | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation | 3 | |
| 421772863 | bureaucracy | non-elective government officials | 4 | |
| 421772864 | chiefdom | form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. | 5 | |
| 421772865 | city-state | a supreme state consisting of a self-governed city with its dependencies | 6 | |
| 421772866 | civilization | a society in an advanced state of social development | 7 | |
| 421772867 | commercial | profit, rather than artistic or other value, as a primary aim | 8 | |
| 421772868 | demography | the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations | 9 | |
| 421772869 | divination | the art or gift of prophecy by supernatural means | 10 | |
| 421772870 | dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 11 | |
| 421772871 | empire | a group of countries under a single authority | 12 | |
| 421772872 | epidemic | a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease | 13 | |
| 421772873 | forager | one who searches for food by hunting or gathering | 14 | |
| 421772874 | globalization | growth to a global or worldwide scale | 15 | |
| 421772875 | indentured servant | a person who signs and is bound to work for another for a specified time especially in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance | 16 | |
| 421772876 | interregional | permanent movement from one region of a country to another | 17 | |
| 421772877 | kingdom | the domain ruled by a king or queen | 18 | |
| 421772878 | medieval | relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages | 19 | |
| 421772879 | merchant | a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade | 20 | |
| 421772880 | monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God | 21 | |
| 421772881 | nation | a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory | 22 | |
| 421772882 | neolithic | of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age | 23 | |
| 421772883 | nobility | a state-privileged status which is generally hereditary | 24 | |
| 421772884 | nomad | a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons | 25 | |
| 421772885 | pandemic | an epidemic that is geographically widespread | 26 | |
| 421772886 | papacy | the government of the Roman Catholic Church | 27 | |
| 421772887 | pastoral | a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) | 28 | |
| 421772888 | patriarchal | characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men | 29 | |
| 421772889 | periodization | the attempt to categorize or divide time into named blocks | 30 | |
| 421772890 | polytheism | belief in multiple Gods | 31 | |
| 421772891 | prehistoric | belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | 32 | |
| 421772892 | primary source | an original source that informs directly, not through another person's explanation or interpretation | 33 | |
| 421772893 | revolution | the overthrow of a government by those who are governed | 34 | |
| 421772894 | scribe | someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts | 35 | |
| 421772895 | sea | a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land | 36 | |
| 421772896 | secondary source | information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event | 37 | |
| 421772897 | serf | a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | 38 | |
| 421772898 | shaman | one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds | 39 | |
| 421772899 | slave | a person who is owned by someone | 40 | |
| 421772900 | state | a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government | 41 | |
| 421772901 | steppes | wide rolling grassy plains that stretch from the Black Sea to northern China | 42 | |
| 421772902 | urban | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area | 43 |
