AP World History Summer Vocab Flashcards

77951036	globalization	the process of developing economic, social, cultural, and political interdependence across international borders	0
77951037	specialization	a specific occupation practiced by an individual	1
77951038	capitalism	an economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned	2
77951039	socialism	an economic system in which the factors of production are publicly owned, and operated for the good of all	3
77951040	syncretism	the blending of two or more religious or cultural traditions	4
77951041	diffusion	the spread of cultural traditions from one area or group of people to another	5
77951042	empire	a major political unit controlling territory or people under a single sovereign authority	6
77951043	colony	a body of people living in a territory under the authority of a parent state	7
77951044	hegemony	dominant influence or authority over others	8
77951045	demographics	the statistical characteristics of human populations	9
77951046	diaspora	the breaking up and scattering of a people	10
77951047	temporally	relating to the sequence of time; "over time"	11
77951048	spatially	relating to, or occupying space; "across space"	12
77951049	monarchy	rule by a single person	13
77951050	oligarchy	government by a small group of elites	14
77951051	democracy	a government by the people based on direct or indirect representation	15
77951052	hierarchy	the classification of people based on economic, social or professional standing	16
77951053	patriarchy	social organization marked by the supremacy of the father, legal dependence of wives and children, and inheritance through the male line	17
77951054	matriarchy	social organization in which descent and inheritance are traced through the female line	18
77951055	gender	the behavioral and cultural traits typically associated with one sex i.e. male or female	19
77951056	point of view	a person's perspective, typically influenced by class, gender and culture	20
77951057	bias	an inclination to observe situations from a preconceived point of view	21
77951058	continuity	uninterrupted connection; the continuation of a preexisting entity	22
77951059	suffrage	the legal right to vote	23
77951060	franchise	a right or freedom granted by the government; the right to vote	24
77951061	sovereignty	supreme authority within territorial boundaries	25
77951062	autonomy	the right or power to govern oneself; self-determination	26
77951063	revolution	a drastic and far reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving	27
77951064	cosmopolitan	common to or representative of many parts of the world; not national or local	28