AP world History-ophs Flashcards

2856335413	Advocated	to speak or write in favor of	0
2856336609	agrarian	Farm land	1
2856336610	arable	capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage:	2
2856337380	assimilation	process by which a person or a groups language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group	3
2856338095	capitalism	an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations	4
2856338827	civilization	an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached	5
2856338828	condoned	to disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable)	6
2856340196	demography	the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.	7
2856340197	despot	any tyrant or oppressor	8
2856340823	dissension	strong disagreement	9
2856340824	diffuse	to spread or scatter widely or thinly; disseminate.	10
2856341967	edict	any authoritative proclamation or command	11
2856341968	embargo	an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.	12
2856341969	emigrate	to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate	13
2856342953	eradicate	to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate:	14
2856342954	feudalism	a social system in europe in the middle ages in which somebody fought and worked for someone and that person provided protection and arable land in return	15
2856344059	filial	Relating to family	16
2856344631	gentry	1. wellborn and well-bred people. 2. (in England) the class below the nobility. 3. an upper or ruling class; aristocracy	17
2856346688	hegemony	leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation	18
2856346697	hinder	to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.	19
2856349400	Hubris	excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.	20
2856350245	infanticide	the act of killing an infant	21
2856351508	indigenous	originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native	22
2856351509	landlocked	shut in completely, or almost completely, by land : a landlocked bay.	23
2856352915	literacy	the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write	24
2856354663	manorial	a landed estate or territorial unit,	25
2856355569	monotheism	the doctrine or belief that there is only one God	26
2856357076	Nationalism	devotion and loyalty to one's own country; patriotism	27
2856357077	Nuclear family	a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.	28
2856358649	Patriarchal	characteristic of an entity, family, church, etc., controlled by men: the highly patriarchal Mormon church.	29
2856358650	polytheism	the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.	30
2856360131	Precipitate	to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.	31
2856361880	republic	a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.	32
2856362522	sect	a body of persons adhering to a particular religious faith; a religious denomination	33
2856363068	secular	of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.	34
2856363069	serf	1. a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another. 2. a slave.	35
2856363659	socialism	a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.	36
2856363660	steppe	an extensive plain, especially one without trees.	37
2856364567	theocracy	1. a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities. 2. a system of government by priests claiming a divine commission.	38
2856366823	traditional	of or relating to the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice:	39
2856367463	topography	the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.	40
2856368195	tutelage	instruction; teaching; guidance: His knowledge of Spanish increased under private tutelage.	41
2856372228	urban	of, relating to, or designating a city or town	42