AP World History 3 + 4 Flashcards

305907758	Technology	tools and skills developed and used to meet needs	0
305907759	Textiles	fabrics that used for clothing	1
305907760	Schism	a split; the splitting of Christianity into Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy in the Roman Empire	2
305907761	Doctrinal Differences	differences in the beliefs of religions based on their texts	3
305907762	Epidemic Disease	a disease that quickly spreads to many people within an area	4
305907763	Guilds	groups of people with the same occupation that join together to protect their interests and their trade	5
305907764	Tax-farming	system of taxation in which the government sells the ability to collect taxes to citizens	6
305907765	City States	a city and its surrounding land; functions as its own unit with its own leaders	7
305907766	Sovereignty	ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states	8
305907767	Mercenaries	hired soldiers; usually foreign	9
305907768	Diasporas	the forced exodus of a people from their homeland; scattered across other lands	10
305907769	Syncretism	a blending of two or more ideas into one; usually relgious	11
305907770	Tribute System	a system in which defeated peoples had to pay their conquerors with food, money, work, etc.	12
305907771	Infidel	to a religion- one who does not believe in said religion	13
306478654	Chartered cities	cities run by their own charters, not by laws of a state, region, nation, etc.	14
306478655	Usury	lending money with an extremely high interest rate	15
306478656	Sacrament	a formal religious act that gives grace to those receiving it	16
306478657	Caravel	a small, maneuverable ship that could sail in shallow waters	17
306478658	Tariffs	taxes on foreign imports	18
306478659	Conquistadors	Spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain	19
306478660	Absolutism	form of government in which ruler has absolute power	20
306478661	Joint-stock companies	businesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses	21
306478662	Trade diasporas	networks of interconnected commercial communities living and working in major trade cities throughout Africa, Europe, and Asia.	22
306478663	Excommunication	the act of expelling someone from the church	23
306478664	Slave trade	the business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves	24
306478665	Manumission	the act of freeing a slave from slavery	25
306478666	Renaissance	the period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history	26
306478667	Protestant	Christian religious movement started by Martin Luther; separated form the Catholic Church	27
306478668	Coerced labor system	forced labor; i.e. slavery	28
306478669	Mercantilism	economic theory in which the government regulates commercial interest, and more goods are exported than are imported	29