Ap World summer vocab Flashcards
Tarvin Ap world history course vocabulary from summer homework
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| 196775657 | Aristocracy | a privileged class holding hereditary titles | 0 | |
| 196775658 | Bureaucracy | nonelective government officials | 1 | |
| 196775659 | Chiefdom | Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful than kingdoms and empires, chiefdoms were based on gift giving and commercial links. (p. 311) | 2 | |
| 196775660 | City-State | a city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside | 3 | |
| 196775661 | Civilization | a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) | 4 | |
| 196775662 | Classical | of or characteristic of a form or system felt to be of first significance before modern times | 5 | |
| 196775663 | Commercial | connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises | 6 | |
| 196775664 | Demography | the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations | 7 | |
| 196775665 | Divination | a prediction uttered under divine inspiration | 8 | |
| 196775666 | Dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 9 | |
| 196775667 | Empire | a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization | 10 | |
| 196775668 | Epidemic | a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease | 11 | |
| 196775669 | Forager | one who searches for food by hunting or gathering | 12 | |
| 196775670 | Inter-regional | Referring to something going on within the region. ex- inter regional wars, inter regional trade | 13 | |
| 196775671 | Medieval | relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages | 14 | |
| 196775672 | Metallurgy | the science or art of metals. It includes the study of their properties and structure, the separation and refining of metals from their ores, the production of alloys, and the shaping and treatment of metals by heat and rolling. | 15 | |
| 196775673 | Merchant | a businessperson engaged in retail trade | 16 | |
| 196775674 | Monotheism | The belief in a single God | 17 | |
| 196775675 | Nation | ... | 18 | |
| 196775676 | Nobility | ... | 19 | |
| 196775677 | Nomad | One who moves from place to place to where there is food to hunt or gather. | 20 | |
| 196775678 | Papacy | The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head. (pp. 258, 445) | 21 | |
| 196775679 | Pastoral | ... | 22 | |
| 196775680 | Patriarchal | ... | 23 | |
| 196775681 | Polytheism | ... | 24 | |
| 196775682 | Revolution | ... | 25 | |
| 196775683 | Scribe | ... | 26 | |
| 196775684 | Serf | ... | 27 | |
| 196775685 | Shaman | ... | 28 | |
| 196775686 | Slave | ... | 29 | |
| 196775687 | State | ... | 30 | |
| 196775688 | Steppe | ... | 31 |