AP World History Ch. 6 Vocabulary Flashcards

Princeton Review Book

146625960	Agriculture	the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock	0
146625961	Agrarian	relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"	1
146625962	Bands/clan	an unofficial association of people; a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief. BANDS: PALEOLITHIC. CLANS: PALEOLITHIC	2
146625963	Barbarian	uncivilized person	3
146625964	Bureaucracy	a way of organizing government tasks by departments, called bureaus, so that each department can specialize and stabilize. FAVORITE OF THE ZHOU DYNASTY IN CHINA AND WAS A FAVORED FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR YEARS.	4
146625965	Civilization	complex, organized economies, governmental structures, and religious organizations	5
146625966	City-states	early civilizations made up of an urban center and the agricultural land around it under its control	6
146625967	Classical	referring to the culture, art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome; the highest point of achievement that takes place in a civilization ('classical' China)	7
146625968	Domestication	the taming of animals, took place during the Neolithic Revolution	8
146625969	Economy	the efficient use of resources	9
146625970	Egalitarian	a person who believes in the equality of all people	10
146625971	Emperor	the supreme ruler of an empire	11
146625972	Empire	a group of countries under a single authority	12
146625973	Feudalism	a social, economic, and political system in Europe during the Middle Ages, had a stict hierarchy.	13
146625974	Foraging	the act of searching for food and provisions	14
146625975	Hierarchy	a group or system in which positions of power are ranked, usually from lowest to highest	15
146625976	Hierarchal	Organization structure with the leader on top followed by his subordinates each reporting to the level above. 1. President 2. Chief of Staff 3. Advisors 4. Staff, which are classified according their various criteria into successive levels or layers.	16
146625977	Buddhism	founder: Siddhartha Gautama. Buddhists follow the Four Noble Truths and the Eighfold Path. Main goal is to achieve nirvana.	17
146625978	Christianity	originated with Jesus of Nazareth, sacred text: the Bible	18
146625979	Daoism	practiced in China from the years 500 B.C. to the present. Is a belief system based on the abstract concept governing all of the workings of the world. Coexisted with: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Legalism in China	19
146625980	Confucianism	practiced in China from 400 B.C. onward, is a social and political philosophy which maintains that when people live up to their social obligations, society will be orderly and predictable. Focuses on HUMANITY, KINDNESS, COURTESY RESPECT, DEFERENCE TO ELDERS, AND FILIAL PIETY.	20
146625981	Hieroglyphics	a writing system used by the Egyptians to communicate, consisted of a series of pictures called hieroglyphs that represented letters and words	21
146625982	Hunter-Gatherer	the two different types of societies in the Neolithic Era (during the Paleolithic Era, nomadic tribes would usually have been both)	22
146625983	irrigation	Mohenjo-Daro was the earliest civilization known to have a proper irrigation system. The Romans also built AQUEDUCTS.	23
146625984	Monarchy	state ruled over by a single person, as a king or queen	24
146625985	Monotheism	The belief in one god (Judaism, Christianity)	25
146625986	Neolithic	the period following the Paleolithic Era. During the Neolithic Era, the agricultural revolution took place- in which many groups of people settled down and ceased to be nomadic.	26
146625987	Pastoral	pastoral societies were characterized by the domestication of animals	27
146737324	Patricians	Social structure in Rome: land-owning noblemen	28
146737325	Paleolithic	nomadic tribes, developing agricultural techniques, and ideals to support cities that usually emerged into civilizations	29
146737326	Philosophy	Confucianism, Buddhism, and Legalism are all different types of philosophies. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all developed philosophies in ancient Greece that had to do with rathional thinking ('the fathers of rational thought')	30
146737327	Polis	A city-state in ancient Greece; each one shared a common culture and identity and was independent of others. Two of the most well known are Athens and Sparta.	31
146737328	Polytheism	the belief in more than one god (Hinduism, ancient Rome, ancient Egyptians, ancient Greece, and many early civilizations were this)	32
146737329	Plebeians	Social Structure in Rome: this was the name given to all other free men	33
146737330	River Valley	These early civilzations were usually made nearby a water source (ancient Egypt: the Nile River, Mesopotamia, 'Land Between Two Rivers': Tigris and Euphrates Rivers)	34
146737331	Sedentary	not migratory; settled	35
146737332	Settlement	the act of colonizing	36
146737333	Subsistence	a means of surviving	37
146737334	Surplus	a quantity much larger than is needed	38
146737335	Sustenance	sustaining; means of livelihood, support, food, nourishment; something that maintains life; food	39
146737336	Theocracy	a government ruled by spiritual guidance, or by leaders who are regarded as being divinely guided	40
146737337	Traditional	handed down from age to age	41
146737338	Urbanization	When a civilization that was once agricultural become highly industrialized and becomes involved in trade and other economic activities	42
146737339	Vassals	lesser lords who pledged their service and loyalty to a greater lord -- in a military capacity	43