AP world history vocab Flashcards

195457216	Absolutism	the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government	0
195457217	Agriculture	the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock	1
195457218	Bias	a prejudiced view (either for or against); a preference	2
195457219	Aristocracy	the most powerful members of a society	3
195457220	Bureaucracy	a system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials	4
195457221	Chiefdom	The rank or office of chief	5
195457222	City-State	a city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside	6
195457223	Civilization	a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)	7
195457224	Commerical	Of pertaining to, or characteristic of commerce produced and distributed in large quantities for industry.	8
195457225	Demography	the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations	9
195457226	Divination	foretelling the future by means of magic	10
195457227	Dynasty	a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family	11
195457228	Empire	a group of countries under a single authority	12
195457229	Epidemic	the rapid spread of a disease among many people	13
195457230	Foraged	to search for food	14
195457231	Globalization	To extend to other or all parts of the globe to make worldwide	15
195457232	Indentured servant	Laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America	16
195457233	Interregional	Permanent movement from one region of the country to another. Not merely local	17
195457234	Kingdom	the domain ruled by a king or queen	18
195457235	Medieval	relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages	19
195457236	Merchant	someone who buys and sells goods for a living	20
195457237	Monotheism	belief in a single God	21
195457238	Nation	a politically organized body of people under a single government	22
195457239	Neolithic	Of pertaining to or characteristic of the last phase of stone age marked by the domestication of animals	23
195457240	Nobility	The noble class or the body of nobles in a country	24
195457241	Nomad	a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons	25
195457242	Ocean	The vast body of salt water that covers almost 3/4 of earths surface	26
195457243	Pandemic	existing everywhere	27
195457244	Papacy	The office of the pope	28
195457245	Pastoral	a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)	29
195457246	Patriarchal	male led society and household	30
195457247	Periodization	an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study	31
195457248	Polytheism	belief in multiple Gods	32
195457249	Prehistoric	belonging to or existing in times before recorded history	33
195457250	Primary source	an original source that informs directly, not through another person's explanation or interpretation	34
195457251	Revolution	the overthrow of a government by those who are governed	35
195457252	Scribe	someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts	36
195457253	Sea	The salt waters that cover the greater part of the earths surface	37
195457254	Secondary source	information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event	38
195457255	Serf	A servant or laborer of olden times who was treated as part of the land worked on and went along with the land if it was sold	39
195457256	Shaman	A priest or priestess who uses magic for the purpose of curing stick, dividing the hidden, and controlling events.	40
195457257	Slave	A person who is owned by another person and can be old at the owners will	41
195457258	State	The condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes	42
195457259	Steppes	An extensive plain, especially without trees	43
195457260	Urban	Of, pertaining to or designating a city or town, living in a city	44