Mr. Barnwell's class study cards for the AP test May 14th
23587499 | afterlife | the belief in life after death in greco-roman society | 0 | |
23587500 | autonomy | a daily routine that is repeated frequently | 1 | |
23587501 | celibacy | the lack of intimate relations | 2 | |
23587502 | citizen | a resident that falls under the jurisdiction of a city-state | 3 | |
23587503 | city-states | political organization frequently used by mesopotamian kings | 4 | |
23587504 | conversion | the turning from one belief system to another one due to missionaries and traders | 5 | |
23587505 | diasporas | jewish settlements outside of palestine after babylonian invasion | 6 | |
23587506 | elites | a dominant social class in japan, aztec empire, and western europe | 7 | |
23587507 | empire | a major political unit having great extent of territory being ruled by one soveriegn ruler | 8 | |
23587508 | epidemic disease | a sudden deadly rash of disease caused by overcrowding and uncleanliness in cities | 9 | |
23587509 | feudal | a series of multitiered rulers that each rule over one another but all under one supreme ruler | 10 | |
23587510 | filial | submission to a greater power | 11 | |
23587511 | guilds | organizations bent towards crafting specific things | 12 | |
23587512 | ideology | one combinative idea among a group of people | 13 | |
23587513 | imperial | suggestive or relating to an empire, directly related to | 14 | |
23587514 | inequality | the division of social classes within a society | 15 | |
23587515 | infidel | a non believer, most commonly referred to by muslims | 16 | |
23587516 | mercenaries | an outside group of militants that are willing to be hired for the right price | 17 | |
23587517 | missionaries | ministers sent overseas from europe to perform conversions and make the indigenous people friendly to europe | 18 | |
23587518 | monasticism | relating to a monastery in ascetic quality | 19 | |
23587519 | monotheism | the belief in one deity islam, judaism, and christianity | 20 | |
23587520 | nomadic | a people that have no home, roam around looking for fertile feeding ground | 21 | |
23587521 | pastoral | a farming society dedicated mostly to raising animals | 22 | |
23587522 | patriarchy | closely knit families that operate under their own heirarchy | 23 | |
23587523 | pilgrim | a settler of a foreign region often times fleeing from religious oppression | 24 | |
23587524 | priest | a member of the catholic church that is the connection between the common people and the church heirarchy | 25 | |
23587525 | role of nomads in trade | nomads spread ideas from far away lands and traded new technology | 26 | |
23587526 | sacred texts | books that give religious guidance to their respective groups Bible, Qu'ran, and Tora | 27 | |
23587527 | schism (doctrinal differences) | difference and separation between different religious and political groups | 28 | |
23587528 | slavery | the controlling of one person or persons to do daily grunt work for little to no pay | 29 | |
23587529 | sovereignty | the power of being supreme over a large body of people | 30 | |
23587530 | syncretism | the combination of two different belief systems | 31 | |
23587531 | technology | developments in tools to help build civilizations | 32 | |
23587532 | textiles | cloth used to make clothing, made commonly out of rough cotton in early civilization | 33 | |
23587533 | trade goods | items exchanged by foreigners in place of cerrency | 34 | |
23587534 | tribute system | payments made to the conquering countries as a result of loss in battle | 35 | |
23587535 | urban | within city limits, the center of the city state | 36 |