AP World History Voacb Words (III) Flashcards
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| 194105453 | Legitimacy | The state of being in compliance with the law | 0 | |
| 194105454 | Liberalism | a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution | 1 | |
| 194105455 | Malnutrition | Poor nutrition becuase of insufficient or unbalanced diets | 2 | |
| 194105456 | Maritime | bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea | 3 | |
| 194105457 | Medieval | relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages | 4 | |
| 194105458 | Mercantalism | The theory that a country's power depended mainly on its wealth. This theory was adopted by the Europeans in the 1500's during imperialism in the Americas. | 5 | |
| 194105459 | Metallurgy | The science that deals with extracting metals from an ore | 6 | |
| 194105460 | Middle Class | the social class between the lower and upper classes | 7 | |
| 194105461 | Migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | 8 | |
| 194105462 | Modernity | the quality of being current or of the present | 9 | |
| 194105463 | Monarchy | state ruled over by a single person, as a king or queen | 10 | |
| 194105464 | Monasticism | a way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith | 11 | |
| 194105465 | Monopoly | exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices | 12 | |
| 194105466 | Mortality | the state of being subject to death | 13 | |
| 194105467 | Nation | a politically organized body of people under a single government | 14 | |
| 194105468 | Nation Builiding | Making a national identity using the power of the state | 15 | |
| 194105469 | Nation-State | an independent state inhabited by all the people of one nation and one nation only | 16 | |
| 194105470 | Nationalism | a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country | 17 | |
| 194105471 | Neo- | new, recent | 18 | |
| 194105472 | Nomadic | (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently | 19 | |
| 194105473 | Optimism | a general disposition to expect the best in all things | 20 | |
| 194105474 | Pagan | A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times. | 21 | |
| 194105475 | Paleo- | old | 22 | |
| 194105476 | Pastoralism | The quality or state of being a shephard or herder | 23 | |
| 194105477 | Paternalism | the policy or practice of treating or governing people in a fatherly manner | 24 | |
| 194105478 | Patriarch | the male head of family or tribe | 25 | |
| 194105479 | Peasant | a country person | 26 | |
| 194105480 | Pessimism | a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things | 27 | |
| 194105481 | Poly- | Many or more than one | 28 | |
| 194105482 | Polygamy | having more than one spouse at a time | 29 | |
| 194105483 | Proletariat | Another word for working class; a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | 30 | |
| 194105484 | Proto- | first | 31 | |
| 194105485 | Psycho- | mind | 32 |