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AP Spanish Language and Culture: La Casa Flashcards

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6346144219alfombracarpet, rug0
6346144220almohadapillow1
6346144221ascensorelevator2
6346144222aspiradoravacuum cleaner3
6346144223balcónbalcony4
6346144224bandejatray5
6346144225bañobathroom6
6346144226barrerto sweep7
6346144227batidorablender, mixer8
6346144228Bombillalight bulb9
6346144229calefacciónheating10
6346144230cazuela, cacerolapan11
6346144231céspedlawn12
6346144232cesto, canastabasket13
6346144233chimeneafireplace, chimney14
6346144234cocinakitchen15
6346144235colchónmattress16
6346144236comedordining room17
6346144237cortinacurtain18
6346144238cubiertoscutlery19
6346144239desvánattic20
6346144240dormitorio, alcobabedroom21
6346144241duchashower22
6346144242entradahall, entrance23
6346144243escalerastaircase, stepladder24
6346144244escobabroom25
6346144245espejomirror26
6346144246estufa, cocinastove27
6346144247florerovase28
6346144248fregaderokitchen sink29
6346144249fregarto wash the dishes30
6346144250garajegarage31
6346144251grifofaucet32
6346144252habitación, cuartoroom33
6346144253hornooven34
6346144254lámparalamp35
6346144255lavamanosbathroom sink36
6346144256lavaplatosdishwasher37
6346144257lavarto wash38
6346144258limpiarto clean39
6346144259llavekey40
6346144260luzlight41
6346144261mantablanket42
6346144262manteltablecloth43
6346144263neveraicebox, refrigerator44
6346144264ollapot45
6346144265paredwall46
6346144266pasillohall47
6346144267persianablind48
6346144268piscinapool49
6346144269pisofloor (level/story)50
6346144270planchairon51
6346144271plancharto iron52
6346144272refrigeradorrefrigerator53
6346144273sábanasheet (of a bed)54
6346144274sacudirto dust55
6346144275salaliving room56
6346144276sarténfrying pan57
6346144277sótanobasement, cellar58
6346144278suelo, pisofloor59
6346144279techoceiling60
6346144280tejadoroof61
6346144281teléfonotelephone62
6346144282timbredoorbell63
6346144283toallatowel64
6346144284trapearto mop65
6346144285vajillatable service, dinner service66
6346144286ventanawindow67
6346144287vestíbulovestibule, hall68
6346144288lavarto wash69
6346144289limpiar70

AP Language Vocab Set 4 Flashcards

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4975521112PedanticAnnoying other people by correction small details.0
4975526362CircumlocutionThe use of many words to say something that could be said more clearly and directly by using fewer words.1
4975532821PerspicuityAble to give an account clearly and understandably.2
4975541465InfamyThe state of being well known for some bad quality or deed.3
4975550470AffectationAn unnatural form of behavior that is meant to impress others.4
4975556317OratoricalRelating to the art or practice of public speaking.5
4975563106SanguinaryInvolving or causing much bloodshed.6
4975566129SlipshodCharacterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization.7
4975571840FastidiousVery careful about how you do something.8
4975580449DespotismExercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.9

AP World History Period 1 Flashcards

From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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7328873948hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
7328873949civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
7328873950neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
7328873951nomadic societieslivestock hearding societies that do not have a permanent settlement. normally found on the fringes of civilized (urban) societies; commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies3
7328873952cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
7328873953agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
7328873954pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
7328873955Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
7328873956Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
7328873957MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
7328873960cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets10
7328873961city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king11
7328873962ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections12
7328873963Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.13
7328873964HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law14
7328873965PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs15
7328873966pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs16
7328873967hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform17
7328873968KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries18
7328873969monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization19
7328873970PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean20
7328873971Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern21
7328873972AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization22
7328873973Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China23
7328873974Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)24
7328873976ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing25
7328873978PaleolithicThe period that ended about 3,000 years after the end of the last Ice Age, it lasted until about 10,000 years ago. (Old Stone Age) The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.26
7328873980eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)27
7328873981toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra28
7328873982Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement29
7328873983patriarchyfather based/male dominated society30
7328873988record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused31
7328873989Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.32
7328873990Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.33
7328873991MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.34
7328873992Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.35
7328873993Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.36
7328873996JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.37
7328944470Hittitesa member of an ancient people who established a powerful empire in Asia Minor and Syria, dominant from about 1900 to 1200 b.c.38
7328944471Vedic Religionof or relating to the Aryans who settled in India c1500 b.c., or to their literature or religion.39
7328948794Zoroastrianisman Iranian religion, founded c600 b.c. by Zoroaster, the principal beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu, and a spirit of evil, Angra Mainyu.40
7328951461Hebrew Monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is only one God.41
7328951462Rig Vedaone of the Vedas, a collection of 1028 hymns, dating from not later than the second millennium b.c.42
7328953696Quipiaa device consisting of a cord with knotted strings of various colors attached, used by the ancient Peruvians for recording events, keeping accounts, etc.43

AP World History Chapter Eight Notecards Flashcards

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7643846787MeccaCity in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and ritual center of the Islamic religion. 8.2280
7643847002MuhammadArab prophet; founder of religion of Islam. 8.2281
7643847838MuslimAn adherent of the Islamic religion; a person who "submits" (in Arabic, Islam means "submission") to the will of God. 8.2302
7643847839IslamReligion expounded by the Prophet Muhammad on the basis of his reception of divine revelations, which were collected after his death into the Quran. In the tradition of Judaism and Christianity, and sharing much of their lore, Islam calls on all people to recognize one creator god—Allah—who rewards or punishes believers after death according to how they led their lives. 8.2303
7643848418MedinaCity in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca. 8.2304
7643848859UmmaThe community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia, where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community. 8.2305
7643848860CaliphateOffice established in succession to the Prophet Muhammad, to rule the Islamic empire; also the name of that empire. 8.2316
7643849131QuranBook composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610 and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam. 8.2317
7643849436Shi'itesMuslims belonging to the branch of Islam believing that God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali. Shi'ism is the state religion of Iran. 8.2328
7643849813Umayyad CaliphateFirst hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). From their capital at Damascus, the Umayyads ruled an empire that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate. 8.2329
7643850772SunnisMuslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries. 8.23210
7643851192Abbasid CaliphateDescendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258. 8.23311
7643851193MamluksUnder the Islamic system of military slavery, Turkic military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of the Abbasid Caliphate of the ninth and tenth centuries. Mamluks eventually founded their own state, ruling Egypt and Syria (1250-1517). 8.23412
7643851662GhanaFirst known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E. Also the modern West African country once known as the Gold Coast. 8.23513
7643852520UlamaMuslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. 8.23714
7643852521HadithA tradition relating the words or deeds of the Prophet Muhammad; next to the Quran, the most important basis for Islamic law. 8.23915

AP World History: Ch. 19 Early Latin America, Pt. 2 Flashcards

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5622766809PotosíLargest New World silver mine; located in Bolivia.0
5622771310HuancavelicaGreatest mercury deposit in South America; used in American silver production.1
5622776898haciendasRural agricultural and herding estates; produced goods for consumers in America; basis for wealth and power of the local aristocracy.2
5622781935consuladoMerchant guild of Seville with a virtual monopoly over goods shipped to Spanish America; handled much of the silver shipped in return.3
5622785959galleonsLarge, heavily armed ships used to carry silver from New World colonies to Spain; basis of convoy system used for transportation of bullion.4
5622791491Treaty of TordesillasConcluded in 1494 between Castile and Portugal; clarified spheres of influence and rights of possession; in the New World, Brazil went to Portugal and the rest to Spain.5
5622794526letradosUniversity-trained lawyers from Spain; basic personnel of the Spanish colonial bureaucratic system.6
5622798761RecopilaciónBody of laws collected in 1681 for Spanish New World possessions; bases of law in the Indies.7
5622801802Council of the IndiesSpanish government body that issued all laws and advised king on all issues dealing with the New World colonies.8
5622805556viceroyaltiesMajor divisions of Spanish New World colonies headed by direct representatives of the king; one based in Lima, the other in Mexico City.9
5622809415viceroysSenior government officials in Spanish America; ruled as direct representatives of the king over the principal administrative units or viceroyalties.10
5622813857audienciaRoyal courts of appeals established in Spanish New World colonies; staffed by professional magistrates who made and applied laws.11
5622817408Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz17th-century author, poet, and musician of New Spain; gave up secular concerns to concentrate on spiritual matters.12
5622821678Pedro Alvares CabralPortuguese leader of an expedition to India; landed in Brazil in 1500.13
5622826633captainciesAreas along the Brazilian coast granted to Portuguese nobles for colonial development.14
5622833246PaulistasBackwoodsmen from São Paulo, Brazil; penetrated Brazilian interior in search of precious metals during the 17th century.15
5622839423Minas GeraisBrazilian region where gold was discovered in 1695; a gold rush followed.16
5622842315Rio de JaneiroBrazilian port used for mines of Minas Gerais; became capital in 1763.17
5622849174sociedad de castasSpanish American social system based on racial origins; Europeans on top, mixed races in the middle, Indians and African slaves at the bottom.18
5622853087peninsularesSpanish-born residents of the New World.19
5622857311CreolesPeople of European ancestry born in Spanish New World colonies; dominated local economies; ranked socially below peninsulares.20
5622860655amigos del paísClubs and associations dedicated to reform in Spanish colonies; flourished during the 18th century; called for material improvement rather than political reform.21
5622866362War of the Spanish Succession(1702-1713); wide-ranging conflict fought between European nations; resulted in the installation of Philip of Anjou as king of Spain.22
5622872470Charles IIISpanish monarch (1759-1788); instituted fiscal, administrative, and military reforms in Spain and its empire.23
5622875569José de GalvezSpanish Minister of the Indies and chief architect of colonial reform; moved to eliminate creoles from the upper colonial bureaucracy; created intendants for local government.24
5622879106Marquis of PombalPrime Minister of Portugal (1755-1776); strengthened royal authority in Brazil, expelled the Jesuits, enacted fiscal reforms, and established monopoly companies to stimulate the colonial economy.25
5622882995Comunero RevoltA popular revolt against Spanish rule in New Granada in 1781; suppressed as a result of government concessions and divisions among rebels.26
5622886269Tupac Amaru IIMestizo leader of Indian revolt in Peru; supported by many in the lower social classes; revolt failed because of Creole fears of real social revolution.27
5626057437MestizoA person mixed race, especially the offspring of a Spaniard and an American Indian.28

AP World History Period 5 Flashcards

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9648548141Scientific Methoda logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world where experimentation and observation are used to test hypotheses0
9648548142Social Contractthe agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government (Thomas Hobbes)1
9648548143Natural Rightsthe rights that all people are born with - according to John Locke, the rights of life, liberty, and property2
9648548144Enlightened DespotOne of the 18th century European monarchs who were inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of their subjects (Frederick II of Prussia, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II of Austria, and Catherine the Great of Russia)3
9648548145Separation of Powersthe assignment of executive, legislative, and judicial powers to different groups of officials in a government ("Power should be a check to power" - Baron Montesquieu)4
9648548146Philosophesgroup of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment5
9648548147Federal systemsystem of government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of individual states6
9648548148Checks and balancesmeasures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others7
9648548149Old Regimepolitical and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution (left over from the Middle Ages)8
9648548150estateone of the three social classes in France before the French Revolution (First Estate=clergy; Second Estate=nobility; Third Estate=rest of the population)9
9648548151bourgeoisiein social and political theory, the social order dominated by the land-owning class. In the 19th century, the term became associated with the middle class10
9648548152coup d'etatsudden seizure of political power in a nation11
9648548153plebiscitea direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal12
9648548154Balance of powera political situation in which no one nation is powerful enough to pose a threat to others13
9648548155legitimacyhereditary right of a monarch to rule14
9648548156conservativesin the first half of the 19th century, Europeans who wanted to preserve the traditional monarchies of Europe (mostly wealthy landowners)15
9648548157liberalsin the first half of the 19th century, Europeans who wanted to give more political power to elected parliaments (mostly middle-class business leaders and merchants)16
9648548158radicalsin the first half of the 19th century, those Europeans who favored drastic change to extend democracy to all people17
9648548159socialisman economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all18
9648548160nation-statean independent nation of people having a common culture and identity (ie: France, Spain)19
9648548161nationalismthe belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation - that is, to the people with whom they share a culture and history - rather than to a king or empire20
9648548162Zionism19th century nationalist movement for the establishment of a Jewish national or religious community in Palestine21
9648548163self-determinationthe determining by the people of the form their government shall have, without reference to the wishes of any other nation, especially by people of a territory of former colony22
9648548164Suffragethe right of voting23
9648548165Universal manhood suffragevoting for all male citizens24
9648548166Universal suffragevoting for all citizens regardless of ethnicity, sec, or religion25
9648548167Imperialismpolicy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially26
9648548168Cultural imperialismdomination of one culture over another by a deliberate policy or by economic or technological superiority27
9648548169Colonialismpolicy by which a nation administers a foreign territory and develops its resources for the benefit of the colonial power28
9648548170Extraterritorialitythe right of foreign residents in a country to live under the laws of their native country and disregard the laws of the host country. In the 19th and 20th century, European and American nationals living in certain areas of Chinese and Ottoman cities were granted this right29
9648548171Annexationthe adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit30
9648548172Social Darwinismthe application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as justification for imperialist expansion31
9648548173Sphere of Influencean area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges; includes treaty ports - trade cities opened to foreign residents as a result of forced treaties, in treaty ports foreigners enjoyed extraterritoriality32
9648548174Economic Imperialismindependent but less developed nations controlled by private business interests rather than by other governments33
9648548175Cottage industriesweaving, sewing, carving and other small scale industries that can be done in the home. The laborers, frequently women, are usually independent laborers using raw materials supplied to them by capitalist entrepreneurs34
9648548176Industrythe process of making products by using machinery and factories35
9648548177Labor unionan organization of workers in a particular industry or trade, created to defend the interests of members (working conditions, wages) through strikes or negotiations with employers36
9648548178laissez-fairean economic doctrine that opposes governmental regulation of or interference in commerce beyond the minimum necessary for a free-enterprise system to operate according to its own economic laws37
9648548179urbanizationthe growth of cities and the migration of people into them38
9648548180White Dominionscolonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population; small numbers of native inhabitants were typically reduced by disease and wars of conquest39
9648548181Contested Settler societiesfeatured large-scale European settlement despite the existence of large, indigenous populations, generally resulted in clashes over land rights, resource control, social status, and differences in culture40
9648548182Protectoratea country or territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power41
9648548183colonya country or a region governed internally by a foreign power42
9648548184pogroman organized campaign of violence against Jewish communities in late 19th century Russia43
9648548185millenarianismbelief in a coming ideal society and especially one created by revolutionary action by a religious, social, or political group/movement44
9648548186caudilloa Spanish or Latin America military dictator45
9648548187Napoleon BonaparteEmperor of France from 1804-1815; took power through a coup d'état. Was a hero of the French Revolution and his legal reform (the Napoleonic code) influenced other legal systems around the world. He is considered to be one of the most superior military commanders of all time46
9648548188Adam SmithSeen as the founder of Capitalism. Enlightenment thinker and author of The Wealth of Nations in 1776.47
9648548189Prince Klemens von MetternichAustrian Foreign Minister who led the Congress of Vienna in 1814-1815. Advocated a conservative stance when rebuilding Europe following the Napoleonic Wars48
9648548190Karl MarxCo-author of The Communist Manifesto - his theories heldd that societies progress through a class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat (workers)49
9648548191Friedrich EngelsCo-author of The Communist Manifesto - made important contributions to family economics50
9648548192Commodore Matthew PerryPlayed a key role in the opening of Japan to the West and the Open Door Policy. He is known as the Father of the Steam Navy in the United States51
9648548193Simon BolivarVenezuelan who played a key role in the Latin American struggle for independence from Spain and helped lay the foundations for democratic ideology in much of Latin America52
9648548194Abraham LincolnPresident of the United States during the civil war53
9648548195Porfirio DiazPresident of Mexico from 1876 to 1911. Fought as a rebel during the French intervention and at the Battle of Puebla. Was overthrown during the Mexican Revolution of 1910.54
9648548196Muhammad AliSelf-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan. Regarded as the founder of modern Egypt for his military and industrial reforms55
9648548197Cecil RhodesEnglish-born South African businessman responsible for helping claim much of Africa for Great Britain (From Cape Town to Cairo)56
9648548198Queen VictoriaLongest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and named Empress of India during that time57
9648548199King Leopold IIKing of Belgium and sole owner of the Congo Free State in Africa, where he used force labor to acquire rubber58
9648548200Alexander IIRussian czar responsible for the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861 and attempted other reforms in Russia after their defeat in the Crimean War59
9648548201Baron de MontesquieuEnlightenment thinker who advocated the separation of powers and checks and balances within a government60
9648548202Robert BoyleFather of modern chemistry61
9648548203Thomas JeffersonAmerican founding father, president, and principal author of the Declaration of Independence62
9648548204Jean-Jacques RousseauFrench philosopher whose ideas of the social contract influenced both the American and French Revolutions63
9648548205John LockeEnglish philosopher who believed all men were born with natural rights and it was the duty of the government to protect those rights. His work influenced the founding fathers of the United States64
9648548206Marie CuriePolish physicist and chemist responsible for pioneering research on radioactivity. Received two Nobel prizes in science for her research65
9648548207Issac NewtonEnglish mathematician who discovered the laws of motion and universal gravitation. Also shares credit for the creation of calculus66
9648548208Louis PasteurFrench chemist whose experiments supported the germ theory of disease and helped create the first vaccines67
9648548209VoltaireFrench Enlightenment thinker and satirist who was a proponent of freedom of religion and expression as well as separation of church and state68
9648548210James WattScottish inventor remembered for his work with the steam engine69
9648548211tabula rasablank slate70
9648548212Common SenseMade Thomas Paine popular in America for advocating liberty from Britain71
9648548213Declaration of Independencedocument stating that the thirteen colonies were separate from Great Britain. Expressed the philosophy behind the Patriots' fight against British troops in America72
9648548214BastilleA former prison that still symbolized the abuses of the monarchy and the corrupt aristocracy73
9648548215Declaration of the Rights of Mana statement declaring basic human rights74
9648548216Civil Constitution of the ClergyAbolished special privileges of the Catholic Church in France and put it under state control75
9648548217Committee of Public SafetyPowerful group, led by Maximilien Robespierre, set up to defeat all enemies of the revolution.76
9648548218Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female CitizenAlienated the male dominated leadership of the French Revolution77
9648548219Primogenitureright of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son78
9648548220Code NapoleonAll citizens were equal and ir provided for trial by jury and freedom of religion79
9648548221MaroonsEscaped slaves80
9648548222Benito JuarezIndian lawyer from a background of poverty who became Mexico's president and eventually served five terms81
9648548223La ReformaLiberal revolt which resulted in a new constitution for Mexico in 185482
9648548224José de San MartínCreole in South America who defeated royalists to establish an independent government. "Protector of Peru"83
9648548225Claude Henri de Saint-SimonAdvocated strongly for public works that would provide employment84
9648548226Robert OwenEstablished utopian communities at New Lanark in Scotland and New Harmony in the United States, where he insisted on providing some education for child workers85
9648548227Prime Minster Camilo BensoCount of Cavour of Piedmont-Sardinia; who helped to unify Italy as a constitutional monarchy86
9648548228gauchosA rough equivalent of the North American cowboy87
9648548229Spinning JennyInvented byJames Hargreaves in the 1760s, allowed a weaver to spin more than one thread at a time88
9648548230Water framePatented by Richard Arkwright in 1769, used water power to drive the spinning wheel89
9648548231division of laborThe type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job90
9648548232crop rotationRotating different crops in and out of a field each year91
9648548233Seed drillA device that efficiently places seeds in a designated spot in the ground92
9648548234Enclosure movementGovernment fenced off the commons in order to give exclusive use of it to people who paid for the privilege or who purchased the land93
9648548235Transcontinental RailroadRailroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US94
9648548236Sluma district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions95
9648548237StockholderIndividuals who buy partial ownership directly from the company when it is formed or later through a stock market96
9648548238Captains of industryOvershadowed the landed aristocracy as the power brokers and leaders of modern society97
9648548239UtilitarianismSought the greatest good for the greatest number of people98
9648548240TanzimatReorganization99
9648548241abolitionist movementAn international movement that between approximately 1780 and 1890 succeeded in condemning slavery as morally repugnant and abolishing it in much of the world; the movement was especially prominent in Britain and the United States.100
9648548242CreolesNative-born elites in the Spanish colonies.101
9648548243Declaration of the Rights of Man and CitizenDocument drawn up by the French National Assembly in 1789 that proclaimed the equal rights of all men; the declaration ideologically launched the French Revolution.102
9648548244Declaration of the Rights of WomanShort work written by the French feminist Olympe de Gouges in 1791 that was modeled on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and that made the argument that the equality proclaimed by the French revolutionaries must also include women.103
9648548245Estates-GeneralFrench representative assembly called into session by Louis XVI to address pressing problems and out of which the French Revolution emerged; the three estates were the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners.104
9648548246FreetownWest African settlement in what is now Sierra Leone at which British naval commanders freed Africans they rescued from illegal slave ships.105
9648548247French RevolutionMassive dislocation of French society (1789-1815) that overthrew the monarchy, destroyed most of the French aristocracy, and launched radical reforms of society that were lost again, though only in part, under Napoleon's imperial rule and after the restoration of the monarchy.106
9648548248gens de couleur libresLiterally, "free people of color"; term used to describe freed slaves and people of mixed racial background in Saint Domingue on the eve of the Haitian Revolution.107
9648548249HaitiName that revolutionaries gave to the former French colony of Saint Domingue; the term means "mountainous" or "rugged" in the Taino language.108
9648548250Haitian RevolutionThe only fully successful slave rebellion in world history; the uprising in the French Caribbean colony of Saint Domingue (later renamed Haiti) was sparked by the French Revolution and led to the establishment of an independent state after a long and bloody war (1791-1804).109
9648548251Hidalgo-Morelos RevolutionSocially radical peasant insurrection that began in Mexico in 1810 and that was led by the priests110
9648548252Latin American RevolutionsSeries of risings in the Spanish colonies of Latin America (1810-1826) that established the independence of new states from Spanish rule but that for the most part retained the privileges of the elites despite efforts at more radical social rebellion by the lower classes.111
9648548253Toussaint L'OuvertureFirst leader of the Haitian Revolution, a former slave (1743-1803) who wrote the first constitution of Haiti and served as the first governor of the newly independent state.112
9648548254Maternal feminismMovement that claimed that women have value in society not because of an abstract notion of equality but because women have a distinctive and vital role as mothers; its exponents argued that women have the right to intervene in civil and political life because of their duty to watch over the future of their children.113
9648548255Napoleon BonaparteFrench head of state from 1799 until his abdication in 1814 (and again briefly in 1815); preserved much of the French Revolution under an autocratic system and was responsible for the spread of revolutionary ideals through his conquest of much of Europe.114
9648548256NationA clearly defined territory whose people have a sense of common identity and destiny, thanks to ties of blood, culture, language, or common experience.115
9648548257NationalismThe focusing of citizens' loyalty on the notion that they are part of a "nation" with a unique culture, territory, and destiny; first became a prominent element of political culture in the nineteenth century.116
9648548258North American RevolutionSuccessful rebellion conducted by the colonists of parts of North America (not Canada) against British rule (1775-1787); a conservative revolution whose success assured property rights but established republican government in place of monarchy.117
9648548259Petit BlancsThe "little" (or poor) white population of Saint Domingue, which played a significant role in the Haitian Revolution.118
9648548260Seneca Falls ConferenceThe first organized women's rights conference119
9648548261Elizabeth Cady StantonLeading figure of the early women's rights movement in the United States (1815-1902).120
9648548262the TerrorTerm used to describe the revolutionary violence in France in 1793-1794, when radicals under the leadership of Maximilien Robespierre executed tens of thousands of people deemed enemies of the revolution.121
9648548263Third EstateIn prerevolutionary France, the term used for the 98 percent of the population that was neither clerical nor noble, and for their representatives at the Estates General; in 1789, it declared itself a National Assembly and launched the French Revolution.122
9648548264Tupac AmaruThe last Inca emperor; in the 1780s, a Native American rebellion against Spanish control of Peru took place in his name.123
9648548265BourgeoisieTerm that Karl Marx used to describe the owners of industrial capital; originally meant "townspeople."124
9648548266British Royal SocietyAssociation of scientists established in England in 1660 that was dedicated to the promotion of "useful knowledge."125
9648548267Caste War of YucatanLong revolutionary struggle (1847-1901) of the Maya people of Mexico against European and mestizo intruders.126
9648548268CaudilloA military strongman who seized control of a government in nineteenth-century Latin America.127
9648548269Crimean WarMajor international conflict (1854-1856) in which British and French forces defeated Russia; the defeat prompted reforms within Russia.128
9648548270Dependent developmentTerm used to describe Latin America's economic growth in the nineteenth century, which was largely financed by foreign capital and dependent on European and North American prosperity and decisions.129
9648548271Porfirio DiazMexican dictator from 1876 to 1911 who was eventually overthrown in a long and bloody revolution.130
9648548272DumaThe elected representative assembly grudgingly created in Russia by Tsar Nicholas II in response to the 1905 revolution.131
9648548273Sigmund FreudAustrian doctor and the father of modern psychoanalysis (1856-1939); his theories about the operation of the human mind and emotions remain influential today132
9648548274Labour PartyBritish working-class political party established in the 1890s and dedicated to reforms and a peaceful transition to socialism, in time providing a viable alternative to the revolutionary emphasis of Marxism.133
9648548275Latin American Export BoomLarge-scale increase in Latin American exports (mostly raw materials and foodstuffs) to industrializing countries in the second half of the nineteenth century, made possible by major improvements in shipping; the boom mostly benefited the upper and middle classes.134
9648548276LeninPen name of Russian Bolshevik Vladimir Ulyanov (1870-1924), who was the main leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917.135
9648548277Lower middle classSocial stratum that developed in Britain in the nineteenth century and that consisted of people employed in the service sector as clerks, salespeople, secretaries, police officers, and the like; by 1900, this group comprised about 20 percent of Britain's population.136
9648548278Karl MarxGerman expatriate in England who advocated working-class revolution as the key to creating an ideal communist future.137
9648548279Mexican RevolutionLong and bloody war (1911-1920) in which Mexican reformers from the middle class joined with workers and peasants to overthrow the dictator Porfirio Díaz and create a new, much more democratic political order.138
9648548280Middle class valuesBelief system that developed in Britain in the nineteenth century; it emphasized thrift, hard work, rigid moral behavior, cleanliness, and "respectability."139
9648548281Model TThe first automobile affordable enough for a mass market; produced by American industrialist Henry Ford.140
9648548282Robert OwensSocialist thinker and wealthy mill owner (1771-1858) who created an ideal industrial community at New Lanark, Scotland.141
9648548283Peter the GreatTsar of Russia (r. 1689-1725) who attempted a massive reform of Russian society in an effort to catch up with the states of Western Europe.142
9648548284PopulismLate-nineteenth-century American political movement that denounced corporate interests of all kinds.143
9648548285ProgressivismAmerican political movement in the period around 1900 that advocated reform measures to correct the ills of industrialization.144
9648548286ProletariatTerm that Karl Marx used to describe the industrial working class; originally used in ancient Rome to describe the poorest part of the urban population.145
9648548287Russian Revolution of 1905Spontaneous rebellion that erupted in Russia after the country's defeat at the hands of Japan; the revolution was suppressed, but it forced the government to make substantial reforms.146
9648548288Socialism in the United StatesFairly minor political movement in the United States, at its height in 1912 gaining 6 percent of the vote for its presidential candidate.147
9648548289Steam engineMechanical device in which the steam from heated water builds up pressure to drive a piston, rather than relying on human or animal muscle power; the introduction of this item allowed a hitherto unimagined increase in productivity and made the Industrial Revolution possible.148
9648548290Abd al-Hamid IIOttoman sultan (r. 1876-1909) who accepted a reform constitution but then quickly suppressed it, ruling as a reactionary autocrat for the rest of his long reign.149
9648548291Boxer RebellionRising of Chinese militia organizations in 1900 in which large numbers of Europeans and Chinese Christians were killed150
9648548292China 1911The collapse of China's imperial order, officially at the hands of organized revolutionaries but for the most part under the weight of the troubles that had overwhelmed the government for the previous half-century.151
9648548293DaimyoFeudal lords of Japan who retained substantial autonomy under the Tokugawa shogunate and only lost their social preeminence in the Meiji restoration.152
9648548294Informal empireTerm commonly used to describe areas that were dominated by Western powers in the nineteenth century but that retained their own governments and a measure of independence, e.g., Latin America and China.153
9648548295Meiji RestorationThe overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan in 1868, restoring power at long last to the emperor154
9648548296Matthew PerryU.S. navy commodore who in 1853 presented the ultimatum that led Japan to open itself to more normal relations with the outside world.155
9648548297Opium WarsTwo wars fought between Western powers and China (1839-1842 and 1856-1858) after China tried to restrict the importation of foreign goods; China lost both wars and was forced to make major concessions.156
9648548298Russo-Japanese WarEnding in a Japanese victory, this war established Japan as a formidable military competitor in East Asia and precipitated the Russian Revolution of 1905.157
9648548299SamuraiArmed retainers of the Japanese feudal lords, famed for their martial skills and loyalty; in the Tokugawa shogunate, they gradually became an administrative elite, but they did not lose their special privileges until the Meiji restoration.158
9648548300Self-strengthening MovementChina's program of internal reform in the 1860s and 1870s, based on vigorous application of Confucian principles and limited borrowing from the West.159
9648548301Selim IIIOttoman sultan (r. 1789-1807) who attempted significant reforms of his empire, including the implementation of new military and administrative structures.160
9648548302The Sick Man of EuropeWestern Europe's unkind nickname for the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a name based on the sultans' inability to prevent Western takeover of many regions and to deal with internal problems; it fails to recognize serious reform efforts in the Ottoman state during this period.161
9648548303Social DarwinismAn application of the concept of "survival of the fittest" to human history in the nineteenth century.162
9648548304Taiping UprisingMassive Chinese rebellion that devastated much of the country between 1850 and 1864; it was based on the millenarian teachings of Hong Xiuquan.163
9648548305Tanzimat ReformsImportant reform measures undertaken in the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1839; the term means "reorganization."164
9648548306Tokugawa ShogunateRulers of Japan from 1600 to 1868.165
9648548307Unequal treatiesSeries of nineteenth-century treaties in which China made major concessions to Western powers.166
9648548308Young OttomansGroup of would-be reformers in the mid-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire that included lower-level officials, military officers, and writers; they urged the extension of Westernizing reforms to the political system.167
9648548309Young TurksMovement of Turkish military and civilian elites that developed ca. 1900, eventually bringing down the Ottoman Empire168
9648548310Africanization of ChristianityProcess that occurred in non-Muslim Africa, where millions who were converted to Christianity sought to maintain older traditions alongside new Christian ideas; many converts continued using protective charms and medicines and consulting local medicine men, and many continued to believe in their old gods and spirits.169
9648548311ApartheidAfrikaans term for the system that developed in South Africa of strictly limiting the social and political integration of whites and blacks.170
9648548312Cash crop agricultureAgricultural production, often on a large scale, of crops for sale in the market, rather than for consumption by the farmers themselves.171
9648548313Colonial racismA pattern of European racism in their Asian and African colonies that created a great racial divide between themselves and the natives and limited native access to education and the civil service, based especially on pseudo-scientific notions of naturally superior and inferior races.172
9648548314Colonial tribalismA European tendency, especially in African colonies, to identify and sometimes invent distinct "tribes" that had often not existed before, reinforcing European notions that African societies were primitive.173
9648548315Leopold IIhis rule as private owner of the Congo Free State during much of that time is typically held up as the worst abuse of Europe's second wave of colonization, resulting as it did in millions of deaths.174
9648548316Cultivation SystemSystem of forced labor used in the Netherlands East Indies in the nineteenth century; peasants were required to cultivate at least 20 percent of their land in cash crops such as sugar or coffee for sale at low and fixed prices to government contractors, who then earned enormous profits from further sale of the crops.175
9648548317Indian Rebellion of 1857-1858Massive uprising of much of India against British rule; also called the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny from the fact that the rebellion first broke out among Indian troops in British employ.176
9648548318Informal EmpiresTerm commonly used to describe areas such as Latin America and China that were dominated by Western powers in the nineteenth century but that retained their own governments and a measure of independence.177
9648548319Invention of traditionIn many colonial states, a process of forging new ways of belonging and self identification that defined and to some extent mythologized the region's past, especially to create broader terms of belonging than had existed before.178
9648548320Scramble for AfricaName used for the process of the European countries' partition of the continent of Africa between themselves in the period 1875-1900.179
9648548321Western educated eliteThe main beneficiaries in Asian and African lands colonized by Western powers; schooled in the imperial power's language and practices, they moved into their country's professional classes but ultimately led anticolonial movements as they grew discouraged by their inability to win equal status to the colonizers.180

AP World History Vocabulary Unit 1 Flashcards

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9860794818egalitarianrelating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.0
9860800616patriarchya system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.1
9860821495stratifiedto arrange in a hierarchical order, especially according to graded status levels.2
9860833039pastoral(especially of land or a farm) used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle.3
9860839093artisana worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.4
9860849063textilerelating to fabric or weaving5
9860856501civilizationthe stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.6
9860864059deitya god or goddess7
9860875311diffusespread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people.8
9860883251monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is only one God.9
9860895924hierarchicalof the nature of a hierarchy; arranged in order of rank.10
9860903564fertilitythe ability to conceive children or young.11
9860913866divineof, from, or like God or a god.12
9860924630metallurgythe technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.13
9860945202polytheismthe belief in or worship of more than one god.14
9860953959florathe plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.15
9860958446faunathe animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.16
9860969758erosionthe process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.17
9860996809specializationthe process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill.18
9861000501elitea group of persons exercising the major share of authority or influence within a larger group19
9861017222bureaucracygovernment by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials. excessive multiplication of, and concentration of power in, administrative bureaus or administrators.20
9861044121constraintlimitation or restriction.21
9861059182foundationaldenoting an underlying basis or principle; fundamental.22
9861065820illustrativeserving as an example or explanation.23
9861070589urbanin, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town.24
9861123057monumentalgreat in importance, extent, or size.25
9861129352razeto tear down; demolish; level to the ground26
9861155087accumulategather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.27
9861161828mobilizeto marshal, bring together, prepare for action, especially of a vigorous nature:28
9861186027surplusan amount, quantity, etc., greater than needed.29
9861219378regionalrelating to or characteristic of a region.30
9861250474disseminatespread or disperse (something, especially information) widely.31
9861265117modea way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced, expressed, or done.32
9861277530kinshipa family, clan, or other group33
9861281848elaborateinvolving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning.34
9861294093hindrancea thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.35
9861387910hunter-forager/hunter-gathereris a human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals), in contrast to agricultural societies, which rely mainly on domesticated species.36
9861407545Paleolithic PeriodOf or relating to the cultural period of the Stone Age beginning with the earliest chipped stone tools, about 2.4 million years ago, until the beginning of the Mesolithic Period, about 15,000 to 11,500 years ago in western Asia and southern Europe. noun. The Paleolithic Period. Also called Old Stone Age37
9861454147Neolithic Revolutionwas the first agricultural revolution. It was a gradual change from nomadic hunting and gathering communities and bands to agriculture and settlement. This period is described as a "revolution" because it changed the way of life for communities that made this change.38
9861489942nomadicliving the life of a wanderer; wandering.39
9861542149merchanta person who buys and sells goods for profit; dealer; trader.40
9861583232domesticateto convert (animals, plants, etc.) to human uses. to tame (an animal), especially by breeding, to live as a pet or work animal. to adapt (a plant/crop) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings.41
9861650272city-statea city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.42
9861658693statea nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. , provided by, or concerned with the civil government of a country.43

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