259271240 | Cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops | |
259271241 | Pastoral | Pertaining to rural life | |
259271242 | Urban/urbanization | living in a city; the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban | |
259271243 | Social stratification | the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group | |
259271244 | Cultural diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another | |
259271245 | Bipedalism | the ability to walk upright on two legs | |
259271246 | Egalitarian | A person who believes in the equality of all people | |
259271247 | Sedentary | characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place | |
259271248 | Scarcity | limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants | |
259271249 | Hierarchy | the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body | |
259271250 | Imperial | relating to or associated with an empire | |
259271251 | Assimilated | absorb or adapt another culture | |
259271252 | Mercantile | of or relating to or characteristic of trade or traders | |
259271253 | Autonomy | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence | |
259271254 | Incursions | a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, esp. a sudden one; raid | |
259271255 | Heresy/heretical | opinion contrary to popular belief or conventions. words: controversial, unorthodox, dissenting. | |
259271256 | Decentralized | governmental power is spread among more than one person or group | |
259271257 | Matriarchal | Relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family. | |
259271258 | Doctrine | A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | |
259271259 | Diplomacy | the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations without arousing hostility | |
259271260 | Bureaucracy | system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | |
259271261 | Linguistic | having to do with the structure of language | |
259271262 | Ideology | system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture | |
259271263 | Socioeconomic status | A person's position in society as determined by income, wealth, occupation, education, place of residence, and other factors | |
259271264 | Gentry | people of standing(rank or position); people of good family or high social position; class of people just below nobility |
AP World History Important Term Flashcards
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