AP World History Flachcards Flashcards
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| 23803730 | Cash Crops | crops that could be sold for money | 0 | |
| 23803731 | Coerced Labor Systems | forced labor: indentured slaves, serfs, slaves. | 1 | |
| 23967833 | Colonialism | a system by which a country maintains colonies outside its borders | 2 | |
| 23967834 | Diasporas | the migration of religious or ethnic groups to foreign lands despite their continued affiliation with the land and customs of their origin | 3 | |
| 23967835 | Epidemic disease | any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people | 4 | |
| 23967836 | Extraterritoriality | Foreign residents in a country living under the laws of their native country, disregarding the laws of the host country. 19th/Early 20th Centuries: European and US nationals in certain areas of Chinese and Ottoman cities were granted this right. (682) | 5 | |
| 23967837 | Feudal | the social and economic arrangement under which people are paid for protection and farming privleges by giving goods and services to an overlord | 6 | |
| 23967838 | Ideology | an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation | 7 | |
| 23967839 | Imperial | characterizing the rule or authority of a sovereign state over its dependencies. | 8 | |
| 23967840 | Imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. | 9 | |
| 23967841 | Indentured Servants | agreed to work for a certain period of time, often in exchange for travel expenses | 10 | |
| 23967842 | Industrialization | the development of industry on an extensive scale | 11 | |
| 23967843 | Joint-Stock companies | an association of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business. | 12 | |
| 23967844 | Labor Union | Organization of workers for the purpose of increased lobbying power for benefits and wages | 13 | |
| 23967845 | Liberalism | an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard | 14 | |
| 23967846 | Concessions in colonies | Colonies yielding the argument against them. conceding for the imperialists | 15 | |
| 23967847 | "Effective Occupation" | ? couldn't find this one anywhere | 16 | |
| 23967848 | Free-trade Imperialism | ? | 17 | |
| 23967849 | Humanitarian Values | ? | 18 | |
| 23967850 | Laissez-faire Capitalism | Idea of letting the economy run itself and letting everything work itself out | 19 |