Ap world history important terms 2 Flashcards
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| 261078985 | Cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops | 0 | |
| 261078986 | Pastoral | a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) | 1 | |
| 261078987 | Urban | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area | 2 | |
| 261078988 | Social stratification | a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy | 3 | |
| 261078989 | Cultural diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another | 4 | |
| 261078990 | Bipedalism | the ability to walk upright on two legs | 5 | |
| 261078991 | Egalitarian | a person who believes in the equality of all people | 6 | |
| 261078992 | Sedentary | characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place | 7 | |
| 261078993 | Scarcity | a small and inadequate amount | 8 | |
| 261078994 | Heirarchy | a ranking according to status or ability; a group having authority | 9 | |
| 261078995 | Imperial | relating to or associated with an empire | 10 | |
| 261078996 | Assimilated | to blend in, to incorporate information into the mind | 11 | |
| 261078997 | Mercantile | of or relating to or characteristic of trade or traders | 12 | |
| 261078998 | Autonomy | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence | 13 | |
| 261078999 | Incursion | the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers) | 14 | |
| 261079000 | Heresy | a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion | 15 | |
| 261079001 | Decentralized | withdrawn from a center or place of concentration | 16 | |
| 261079002 | Matriarchal | relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family | 17 | |
| 261079003 | Doctrine | A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | 18 | |
| 261079004 | Diplomacy | the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations without arousing hostility | 19 | |
| 261079005 | Bureaucrat | one who works for a department or agency of the federal government—civil servant | 20 | |
| 261079006 | Linguistic | consisting of or related to language | 21 | |
| 261079007 | Ideology | an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation | 22 | |
| 261079008 | Socioeconomic status | A person's position in society as determined by income, wealth, occupation, education, place of residence, and other factors | 23 | |
| 261079009 | Gentry | people of standing(rank or position); people of good family or high social position; class of people just below nobility | 24 |