AP World History Flashcards: Unit 2 (600-1450) Flashcards

Part two of Mr. Barnwell's huge assignment.

23964053	Celibacy	Of an unmarried status	0
23964054	City-States	Different sections of land owned by the same country but ruled by different rulers	1
23964055	Diasporas	The migration of religious or ethnic groups to foreign lands despite their continued affiliation with the land and customs of their origin	2
23964056	Epidemic Disease	A widespread disease spreading quickly throughout the land (ex. Bobonic plague)	3
23964057	Guilds	Association of crafts people, assumed responsibility for casting, funding, rehearsing.	4
23964058	Inequality	When people are not treated equally	5
23964059	Infidel	A person who doesn't believe in a certain religion or accepted belief; a nonbeliever; freethinker; atheist	6
23964060	Mercernaries	A professional soldier hired by a foreign army	7
23964061	Schism	A split or division - especially a formal split within a Christian Church	8
23964062	Sovereignty	The supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries (usually with a monarch)	9
23964063	Syncretism	The fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)	10
23964064	Tax-farming	Where burden of tax collection was reassigned by the Roman State to private individuals or groups	11
23964065	Technology	Instruments of use to people	12
23964066	Textiles	Fabrics that are woven or knitted; material for clothing	13
23964067	Tribute system	A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca economies.	14