AP world history vocab Flashcards

4860469876	autonomy	the right or power to govern oneself	0
4860469877	capitalism	an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production (land, labor, raw materials, tools, etc), open competition, and desire for profit	1
4860469878	civilization	complex society with a permanent location, urban areas, specialization of labor, social classes, and advanced technology	2
4860469879	colony	a foreign territory ruled by a "parent" state	3
4860469880	cosmopolitan	consisting of a group of people or cultures from around the world; a diverse, multicultural of multiethnic community	4
4860469881	democracy	a government where the citizens exercise the political power through voting	5
4860469882	diaspora	the breaking up and scattering of a people (often a result of forced migration)	6
4860469883	diffusion	the spread of cultural traditions from one area or group of people to another	7
4860469884	empire	a group of territories or peoples ruled by a single sovereign authority (emperor)	8
4860469885	franchise	the right to vote; any right or freedom granted by the government	9
4860469886	gender	the behavioral and cultural traits typically associated with one sex	10
4860469887	globalization	the process of developing economic, cultural and political integration across national borders	11
4860469888	hegemony	dominant influence or authority over others	12
4860469889	hierarchy	the classification of people based on economic, social or professional standing; system of social classes	13
4860469890	ideology	set of beliefs, especially relating to human life, culture, or government	14
4860469891	matriarchy	a society ruled by women; a community in which women are considered the head of the family and where lineage and inheritance are traced from the mother	15
4860469892	millennium	a period of 1000 years	16
4860469893	monarchy	a government ruled by a single person, typically chosen from a royal family or dynasty	17
4860469894	oligarchy	A government ruled by a small group of elites	18
4860469895	patriarchy	A society ruled by men; social organization marked with the supremacy of the father, legal dependence of wives and children, and inheritance through the male line	19
4860469896	revolution	A dramatic change in ways of thinking and behaving; the overthrow of a ruler or political system	20
4860469897	rural	relating to the countryside	21
4860469898	socialism	an economic system based on public ownership of the means of production (land, labor, raw materials, tools, etc), sharing of resources, and the desire to create economic equality	22
4860469899	sourcing	The technique used by historians to analyze information contained in a written or visual document. ask who is the author, when was it created, what is the authors motive, does it exaggerate, does it omit key information, is it reliable?	23
4860469900	sovereignty	supreme authority within territorial boundaries	24
4860469901	spatial	relating to, or occupying space; "across space"	25
4860469902	specialization	process of becoming trained or designed for one particular purpose or occupation	26
4860469903	state	an area with its own independent government	27
4860469904	suffrage	The legal right to vote	28
4860469905	syncretism	The blending of two or more religions or cultural traditions	29
4860469906	temporal	relating to the sequence of time; "overtime "	30
4860469907	urban	relating to a city or town	31