AP World History Flashcards

Summer vocal 60 total words

195415585	Abolish	do away with	0
195415586	Acquisition	an ability that has been acquired by training	1
195415587	Agrarian	relating to rural matters	2
195415588	Agriculture	the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock	3
195415589	Annex	To add on	4
195415590	Ascetic	practices self denial as spiritual discipline	5
195415591	Atrocities	cruel and inhumane acts that people commit against each other	6
195415592	Bureaucracy	nonelective government officials	7
195415593	Caliph	a supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government	8
195415594	Capitalist	a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business). ( Capitol =s $)	9
196194918	Capitulations	Agreements with European powers that gave European bankers and merchants unfair advantages in the Empire	10
196194919	Colonization	the act of colonizing	11
196284333	Communism	a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership	12
196284334	Conservatism	a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes	13
196284335	Cultural diffusion	the spread of cultural elements from one society to another	14
196284336	Decentralized	withdrawn from a center or place of concentration	15
196284337	Democracy	a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them	16
196284338	Disillusionment	freeing from false belief or illusions	17
196284339	Domestic	a household servant	18
196284340	Conscription	compulsory military ser, drafting of civilians to serve in the army	19
196448682	Dynasty	a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family	20
196448683	Empire	a group of countries under a single authority	21
196448684	Envoy	someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else	22
196448685	Extraterritoriality	Right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation.	23
196448687	Feudalism	a political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages; nobles offered protection and land in return for service	24
196448688	Immigrant	a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there	25
196448689	Imperialism	any instance of aggressive extension of authority	26
196448690	Indigenous	originating where it is found	27
196448691	Indentured labor	labor under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time, typically three to seven years, in exchange for their transportation, food, clothing, lodging and other necessities	28
196680130	Industrialization	the development of industry on an extensive scale	29
196680131	Kingdom	a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state	30
196680132	Maritime	bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea	31
196680133	Mercantillism	Economic philosophy in which England established the colonies to provide raw materials to the mother country; the colonies receive manufactured goods in return.	32
196680134	Merchant	someone who buys and sells goods for a living	33
196680135	Metallurgy	the science and technology of metals	34
196680136	Migration	the movement of persons from one country or locality to another	35
196680137	Monastricism	focus of God, scripture	36
196680138	Monotheism	belief in a single God	37
196680139	Nationalism	love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it	38
196944138	Nomadic	(of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently	39
196944139	Pastoral	a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)	40
196944140	Patriarchal	relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority	41
196944141	Polytheism	belief in multiple Gods	42
196944142	Popular sovereignty	people hold the final authority in all matters of government	43
196944143	Prohibit	To stop one from doing something; prevent	44
196944144	Reform	a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses	45
196944145	Reparation	compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury	46
196944146	Rural	living in or characteristic of farming or country life	47
196944147	Secular	concerning those not members of the clergy	48
197511964	Sedentary	used of persons or actions	49
197511965	Self-determination	the right of people to choose their own form of government	50
197511966	Shia	one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam, the branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad	51
197511967	Socialism	a political theory advocating state ownership of industry	52
197511968	Subservient	compliant and obedient to authority	53
197511969	Suffrage	the right to vote	54
197511970	Sunni	one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam, a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad	55
197511971	Tax	charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government	56
197511972	Totalitarianism	a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)	57
197511973	Urban	located in or characteristic of a city or city life	58
197513240	Fascism	a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition	59