AP World History vocab Flashcards
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| 192986097 | abolish | To bring to an end; to do away with | 0 | |
| 192986098 | acquisition | The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something. | 1 | |
| 192986099 | agrarian | Having to do with farms, farmers, or the use/cultivation of land. | 2 | |
| 192986100 | agriculture | The science or practice of farming, including the cultivation of soil for growing crops and raising livestock for sustenance or economic gain. | 3 | |
| 192986101 | annex | Add or attach. | 4 | |
| 192986102 | ascetic | Practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts usually for religious reasons. | 5 | |
| 192986103 | atrocities | Cruel and inhumane acts that people commit against each other | 6 | |
| 192986104 | bureaucracy | System of government where decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. | 7 | |
| 192986105 | caliph | "Deputy" Islamic leader after the death of Muhammad. | 8 | |
| 192986106 | Capitalist | A person who makes their goods and services available on a free market. | 9 | |
| 192986107 | Capitulations | Highly unfavorable trading agreements that the Ottoman Turks signed with the Europeans in the 19th century that symbolized the decline of the Ottomans. | 10 | |
| 192986108 | colonization | The movement of settlers and their culture to a new country. | 11 | |
| 192986109 | Communism | Philosophy/movement (mid-19th-century) begun by Karl Marx that has the same general goals as Socialism, but believes that violent revolution is necessary to destroy the bourgeois world for a new world run by and for the proletariat. | 12 | |
| 192986110 | conscription | Compulsory military service; the "draft". | 13 | |
| 192986111 | conservatism | A set of beliefs that includes a limited role for the Federal government in helping individuals, support for traditional values and lifestyles, and a cautious response to change. | 14 | |
| 192986112 | cultural diffusion | The spread of cultural elements from one society to another. | 15 | |
| 192986113 | decentralized | Transfer authority from central to local government. | 16 | |
| 192986114 | democracy | A political system in which power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. | 17 | |
| 192986115 | disillusionment | A feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be. | 18 | |
| 192986116 | domestic | Concerning the internal affairs of a nation. | 19 | |
| 192986117 | dynasty | A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family. | 20 | |
| 192986118 | empire | A group of countries under a single authority. | 21 | |
| 192986119 | envoy | A representative or messenger of a government on a diplomatic mission. | 22 | |
| 192986120 | extraterritoriality | Exemption of foreigners from the laws of the country in which they live or do business. | 23 | |
| 192986121 | fascism | Political ideology prominent in Europe b/t 1919-1945 featuring an extreme authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. (ex. Mussolini and Hitler). | 24 | |
| 192986122 | feudalism | A political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages; nobles offered protection and land in return for service. | 25 | |
| 192986123 | immigrant | A person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there permanently. | 26 | |
| 192986124 | imperialism | 16th to 19th century expansion of European powers and their conquest and colonization of African and Asian societies. | 27 | |
| 192986125 | indentured labor | Labor source in the Americas; wealthy planters would pay the European poor to sell a portion of their working lives, usually 7 years, in exchange for passage. | 28 | |
| 192986126 | indigenous | Originating or occurring natually in a particular place; native. | 29 | |
| 192986127 | industrialization | The development of industry on an extensive scale. | 30 | |
| 192986128 | kingdom | A country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen. | 31 | |
| 192986129 | maritime | Connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity. | 32 | |
| 192986130 | mercantilism | Economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism. | 33 | |
| 192986131 | merchant | Someone who buys and sells goods for a living. | 34 | |
| 192986132 | metallurgy | Branch of science concerned with the properties of metals, their production and purification. | 35 | |
| 192986133 | migration | The movement of persons from one country or locality to another. | 36 | |
| 192986134 | monasticism | A way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith. | 37 | |
| 192986135 | monotheism | Belief in one god; a rare concept in the ancient world. | 38 | |
| 192986136 | nationalism | The doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other. | 39 | |
| 192986137 | nomadic | Wandering, moving about from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock. | 40 | |
| 192986138 | pastoral | Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; rural. | 41 | |
| 192986139 | patriarchal | Relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority. | 42 | |
| 192986140 | polytheism | Belief in / worship of multiple gods. | 43 | |
| 192986141 | popular sovereignty | The concept that political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish government. | 44 | |
| 192986142 | prohibit | To stop one from doing something; prevent. | 45 | |
| 192986143 | reform | Make changes in a social, political or economic institution in order to improve it. | 46 | |
| 192986144 | reparation | Making amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. | 47 | |
| 192986145 | rural | Living in or characteristic of farming or country life. | 48 | |
| 192986146 | secular | Worldly; not spiritual or religious. | 49 | |
| 192986147 | sedentary | Not migratory; settled. | 50 | |
| 192986148 | self-determination | The freedom of a people to decide under their political destiny (what form of government they wish to live). | 51 | |
| 192986149 | Shia | Islamic minority in opposition to the Sunni majority; their belief is that leadership should reside in the line descended from Ali. | 52 | |
| 192986150 | socialism | Political and economic theory of social organization based on the collective ownership of the means of production. Early 19th cen. origins - differs from Communism by slow, moderate change, not revolution. | 53 | |
| 192986151 | subservient | Compliant and obedient to authority. | 54 | |
| 192986152 | suffrage | The right to vote. | 55 | |
| 192986153 | Sunni | "Traditionalists", the most popular branch of Islam. Sunnis believe in the legitimacy of the early caliphs, compared to the Shiite belief that only a descendant of Ali can lead. | 56 | |
| 192986154 | tax | Money that citizens must pay to support the cost of government | 57 | |
| 192986155 | totalitarianism | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 58 | |
| 192986156 | urban | Relating to a city or densely populated area. | 59 |