AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards

2808035589	Absolutism	A political theory that absolute power should be vested in one or more rulers	0
2808037460	Agriculture	The science or occupation of farming	1
2808038268	Aristocracy	A form of government in which power is held by the nobility.	2
2808038878	BCE and CE	BCE means before the Common Era CE means Common Era	3
2808039843	Bias	A tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasonable	4
2808041325	Bureaucracy	A body of nonelective government officials	5
2808041780	Chiefdom	One who is highest in rank or authority	6
2808042153	City-State	A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependency	7
2808044519	Civilization	An advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached.	8
2808047812	Commercial	Of, relating, or characteristics of commerce	9
2808049318	Demography	The science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations	10
2808051369	Divination	The art or practice that seeks to forsee or foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers	11
2808054433	Dynasty	A sequence of rulers form the same family, stock, or group.	12
2808054792	Empire	A group of countries or regions that are controlled by one ruler or government; a group of countries ruled bu an emperor or empress	13
2808057243	Epidemic	Affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population community, or region at the same time	14
2808059380	Forager	Grasses and other plants that are eaten by animals (such as cows)	15
2808062025	Globalization	Worldwide integration and development.	16
2808062950	Indentured Servant	A person who signs and is bound by indentures to work for another for a specified time especially in return for a payment tof travel expenses and maintenance	17
2808065520	Pandemic	Occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population	18
2808067834	Papacy	The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope	19
2808068378	Pastoral	Of or relating to the countryside or the lives of people who live in the country	20
2808069280	Patriarchal	A family, group, or government controlled by a man or a group of men	21
2808070068	Periodization	Division (as of history) in periods	22
2808071147	Polytheism	The belief or worship of more than one god	23
2808071606	Prehistoric	Of, relating to, or existing in the time before people could write	24
2808072704	Primary Source	A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study	25
2808073782	Revolution	The usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one	26
2808075282	Rural	Of or relating to the country and the people who live there instead of the city	27
2808076776	Interregional	Of, involving, or connecting two or more regions	28
2808077928	Kingdom	A state or government having a queen or king as its head	29
2808079333	Medieval	Of or relating to the Middle Ages (AD 500-1500)	30
2808080444	Merchant	A person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader	31
2808082267	Monotheism	The doctrine or belief that there is only one God	32
2808083474	Nation	A large area of land that is controlled by its own government	33
2808084535	Neolithic	Of or relating to the latest period of the Stone Age characterized by polished stone implements	34
2808086602	Nobility	The quality or state of being noble in character, quality, or rank	35
2808088224	Nomad	A member if a group of people who move from place to place instead of living in one place all the time	36
2808088796	Ocean	The vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface	37
2808089848	Scribe	A person who copies out documents especially one employed to do this before printing was invented	38
2808090029	Secondary Source	Are less easily defined than primary sources	39
2808090929	Serf	An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate	40
2808093513	Shaman	Someone who is believed in some cultures to be able to use magic to cure people who are sick, to control future events, etc.	41
2808095465	Slave	A person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them	42
2808096116	State	A nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government	43
2808096798	Steppes	A large, flat area of land with grass and very few trees especially in Eastern Europe and Asia	44
2808097752	Urban	Of or relating to cities and the people who live in them	45