AP World History Important Terms Flashcards
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| 261771116 | Cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops | 0 | |
| 261771117 | Pastoral | relating to country life, esp. of shepherds; rustic | 1 | |
| 261771118 | Urban/urbanization | The physical growth of rural or natural land into larger urban areas as a result of population immigration to an existing area. | 2 | |
| 261771119 | Social stratification | the division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige; applies to both nations and to people within a nation, society, or other group | 3 | |
| 261771120 | Cultural diffusion | the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another | 4 | |
| 261771121 | Bipedalism | the ability to walk upright on two legs | 5 | |
| 261771122 | Egalitarian | favoring social equality | 6 | |
| 261771123 | Sedentary | not migratory; settled | 7 | |
| 261771124 | Scarcity | a small and inadequate amount | 8 | |
| 261771125 | Hierarchy | a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system | 9 | |
| 261771126 | Imperial | relating to or associated with an empire | 10 | |
| 261771127 | Assimilated | accepted into the general population of other cultures | 11 | |
| 261771128 | Mercantile | profit oriented | 12 | |
| 261771129 | Autonomy | personal independence | 13 | |
| 261771130 | Incursions | a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, esp. a sudden one; raid | 14 | |
| 261771131 | Heresy/heretical | the expression of shocking or unacceptable views | 15 | |
| 261771132 | Decentralized | To distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area | 16 | |
| 261771133 | Matriarchal | relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family | 17 | |
| 261771134 | Doctrine | (n.) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles | 18 | |
| 261771135 | Diplomacy | the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations without arousing hostility | 19 | |
| 261771136 | Bureaucrat/bureaucracy | A form of organization that operates through impersonal, uniform rules and procedures. | 20 | |
| 261771137 | Linguistic | consisting of or related to language | 21 | |
| 261771138 | Ideology | an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation | 22 | |
| 261771139 | Socioeconomic status | A person's position in society as determined by income, wealth, occupation, education, place of residence, and other factors | 23 | |
| 261771140 | Gentry | In China, the class of prosperous families, next in wealth below the rural aristocrats, from which the emperors drew their administrative personnel. (166) | 24 |