ap world history vocabulary Flashcards

208136064	abdicate	to resign a throne, presidency, or position	0
208136065	abrogate	to abolish or annul; to put an end to; invalidate, nullify, retract, dissolve	1
208136066	acquisition	the act of acquiring or getting	2
208136067	advance	to go forward	3
208136068	advocate	to espouse, to support, or to argue for	4
208136069	alleviate	to reduce in intensity; to make better	5
208136070	ameliorate	to make better	6
208136071	annexation	taking possession of a territory	7
208136072	ante-	(prefix) before	8
208136073	antebellum	prewar	9
208136074	apex	the top	10
208136075	apparatus	system, machine	11
208136077	archipelago	a chain of islands	12
208136079	armaments	weapons	13
208136081	ascension	rising, elevation to	14
208136083	autocratic	dictatorial	15
208136085	autonomy	self-government	16
208136086	battalion	an army in battle array; a large number of persons	17
208136088	bellicose	warlike	18
208136090	bourgeoisie	the middle class	19
208136092	boyar	Russian nobleman	20
208136094	capital	money available for investment (also, seat of government for a nation)	21
208136097	capitalism	an economic system based upon the private/individual ownership of property and the competitive pursuit of profit; involves little or no government planning/direction (typically present in democracies but may be present in dictatorships)	22
208136099	cataract	waterfall	23
208136101	caudillo	jefe, dictator (Latin America)	24
208136103	cede	to yield or grant something	25
208136105	clerical	pertaining to the clergy	26
208136107	commodity	a product commonly traded such as a major type of crop, mineral, or other natural resource	27
208136109	communism	an economic system based upon the public/state/government ownership of property and the public sharing of resources and production; involves substantial government planning/direction (typically present in dictatorships but may be present in democracies)	28
208136111	conscription	a draft, the forcing of all (traditionally male) able-bodied citizens to serve in the army	29
208136113	consensus	a shared decision or shared opinion	30
208136115	contest	(verb) to argue/fight over	31
208136116	contested	fought over	32
208136117	convoke	to assemble, to gather	33
208136118	cooperative	a group of workers in which all share in the profits/losses of production equally	34
208136119	corporation	a business or company with a clear and continous legal structure which offers limited liability to its officers and shareholders	35
208136120	council	a committee	36
208136121	counsel	(noun) advice; (verb) to advise	37
208136122	coup d'etat (coup)	an overthrowing of a government	38
208136123	czar	caesar, tsar, kaiser, emperor	39
208136124	de facto	in fact, in actuality (as opposed to nominally or in name)	40
208136125	demagogue	a person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power & popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of a people	41
208136126	democracy	a political system in which the people vote (direct democracy) or in which the people elect representatives (indirect democracy; republic)	42
208136127	demographic	pertaining to population	43
208136128	dialectic	clash	44
208136129	directorate	board of directors supervising an organization; administration	45
208136130	disenfranchised	politically weak or powerless	46
208136131	disciple	follower	47
208136132	dissident	opponent/critic, usually of the government	48
208136133	docile	obedient, tractable, easily controlled	49
208136134	egalitarian	characterized by a belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life	50
208136135	endorsement	expression of support for	51
208136136	enfranchise	to grant the power to vote; to liberate, as from servitude	52
208136137	evangelization	missionary activity, preaching of a religion in the hope of conversion	53
208136138	exacerbate	to deteriorate, to worsen	54
208136139	exploit	to take advantage of, to develop	55
208136140	faction	a political or religious group, a clique	56
208136141	foreshadow	to predict	57
208136142	franchise	suffrage, the right to vote	58
208136143	hegemony	regional dominance	59
208136144	heir	the next-in-line to be king/queen, descendant, person who inherits something	60
208136145	hierarchical	a system of persons or things arranged in a graded order of ranks	61
208136146	hinder	to hamper, to slow or stop	62
208136147	impede	to stop or slow	63
208136148	impetus	cause, motivation	64
208136149	imposition	a burden placed upon a person or group	65
208136150	incentive	motivation for	66
208136151	incursion	invasion	67
208136152	indigenous	native to an area	68
208136153	insubordinate	disobedient	69
208136154	insurgent	rebel	70
208136155	isthmus	a narrow strip of land bordered on two sides by water and connecting two larger bodies of land	71
208136156	jingoistic	ultra nationalistic, strongly patriotic, chauvinistic	72
208136157	junker	Prussian landowner	73
208136158	liability	hindrance, burden, debt	74
208136159	loya jirga	Afghani tribal council	75
208136160	manumission	freedom from slavery	76
208136161	nominal	in name only (as opposed to de facto or in actuality)	77
208136162	oligarchy	junta, rule by a few	78
208136163	papal	pertaining to the papacy or office of the Pope	79
208136164	penal	pertaining to a prison	80
208136165	pejorative	having a disparaging, belittling, or derogatory effect or force	81
208136166	peninsula	a body of land surrounded on three sides by water	82
208136167	periodical	magazine or newspaper	83
208136168	populist	appealing to the masses, especially the working class or poor	84
208136169	post-	(prefix) after	85
208136170	precede	to come before	86
208136171	precipitate	to spark, to cause	87
208136172	predicated upon	built upon/dependent upon	88
208136173	prerogative	special privilege or right	89
208136174	presage	to be the forerunner of, to lead to	90
208136175	proletariat	lower-class urban workers, usually in a factory; sans-culottes	91
208136176	proponent	advocate, supporter	92
208136177	referendum	a public vote held on a particular issue, usually a proposal for a bond (a long-term public debt note to finance a project)	93
208136178	regent	caretaker of a government while the king/queen is ill, unavailable, or in his/her minority (a child; too young to govern)	94
208136179	rescind	to take back	95
208136180	retention	the keeping possession of	96
208136181	revisionist	revised, updated, and often non-traditional or modern view of something	97
208136182	sans culotte	urban lower-class worker, usually in a factory; proletarian	98
208136183	secular	non-religious	99
208136184	student	a lover of learning who outlines during his/her nightly reading, considers maps and pictures in his/her reading, actively takes notes and participates in class, and reviews his/her notes for several nights prior to a test	100
208136185	subdue	to put down (as in a revolt)	101
208136186	subjugated	made subject to/inferior to	102
208136187	subsistence	enough for survival	103
208136188	subvert	to weaken through manipulation, to destabilize	104
208136189	succeeded/succeeding	came after/following	105
208136190	taboo	socially inappropriate behavior	106
208136191	topography	the relief features such as mountains, plains, valleys, etc. shown on a map	107
208136192	vicar	official representative	108
208136193	zenith	apex, apogee, highest	109