AP World History Flashcards

2743340457	Mandate	An official order or commision to do something	0
2743340458	Constitution	A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed	1
2743340459	Feudalism	Basic concept refers to the political and social order of medieval Europe; based on a hierarchy of lords and vassals who controlled political and military affairs	2
2743340460	Centralized	Concentrate (control of an activity or organization) under a single authority	3
2743340461	Decentralized	Transfer (authority) from central to local government	4
2743340462	Tyranny	Cruel and oppressive government or rule	5
2743340463	Autocracy	A system of government by one person with absolute power	6
2743340464	Periphery	A marginal or secondary position in, or part or aspect of, a group, subject, or sphere of activity	7
2743340465	City-state	A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state	8
2743340466	Revolution	A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system	9
2743340467	Post	Display (a notice) in a public place	10
2743340468	Pre	Previous to; before	11
2743340469	Civilization	The stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced	12
2743340470	Plethora	A large or excessive amount of something	13
2743340471	Irrigation	The watering of land to make it ready for agriculture	14
2743340472	Ethnocentrism	Evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of ones own culture	15
2743340473	Xenophobia	Intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries	16
2743340474	Nativism	The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants	17
2743340475	Foraging	Search wildly for food or provisions	18
2743340476	Matrilineal	Of or based on kinship with the mother of the female line	19
2743340477	Patriarchal	Of, relating to, or characteristic of a patriarch	20
2743340478	Cultural diffusion	The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another	21
2743340479	Metallurgy	The branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification	22
2743340480	Pictograph	A pictorial representation of statistics on a chart, graph, or computer screen	23
2743340481	Tribute	Payment made periodically by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence	24
2743340482	Oligarchy	A small group of people having of a country, organization, of institution	25
2743340483	Aristocracy	The highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices	26
2743340484	Monarchy	A form of government with a monarch at the head	27
2743340485	Democracy	A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives	28
2743340486	Republicanism	A term for beliefs that have defined the American political experiment	29
2743340487	Theocracy	A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god	30
2743340488	Migration	Movement from one part of something to another	31
2743340489	Immigration	The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country	32
2743340490	Diaspora	Jews living outside Israel	33
2743340491	Heresies	Belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine	34
2743340492	Peasant	An ignorant, ride, or unsophisticated person; a person of low social status	35
2743340493	Primogeniture	The state of being the firstborn child	36
2743340494	Calligraphy	Decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering	37
2743340495	Fief	An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service	38
2743340496	Bureaucracy	A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives	39
2743340497	Scholar	A specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities; a distinguished academic	40
2743340498	Counter	A person who counts something	41
2743340499	Charter	A written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which an institution such a s a company, college, or city is created and its rights and privileges defined	42
2743340500	Ideology	A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy	43
2743340501	Interactions	Reciprocal action or influence	44
2743340502	Demography	The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations	45
2743340503	Absolutism	The acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethnical, or theological matters	46
2743340504	Secular	Denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have mi religious or spiritual basis	47
2743340505	Textile	A type of cloth or woven fabric	48
2743340506	Stratification	Is a system or formation of layers, classes, or categories	49
2743340507	Yeoman	A man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder	50
2743340508	Predestination	The divine foreordained of all that will happen, especially with regard to the salvation of se and not others	51
2743340509	Covenant	An agreement	52
2743340510	Natural/Inalienable rights	Rights that people supposedly have under natural law. Ex: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness	53
2743340511	Continent	Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land	54
2743340512	Region	An area or division, especially part of country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries	55
2743340513	State	A nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government	56
2743340514	Privateer	An armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping	57
2743340515	Popular sovereignty	The principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people through their elected representatives	58
2743340516	Mobocracy	Rule or domination by the masses	59