AP World History Terms Flashcards

2848675529	theocracy	A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god	0
2848677447	urban	living in a city or town	1
2848679955	epidemic	Outbreak of a rapidly spreading disease from person to person	2
2848683227	empire	A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler	3
2848685003	interregional kingdom	of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local	4
2848687476	civilization	A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes	5
2848690293	syncretism	trying to combine different forms of belief and practice	6
2848694242	slave	a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another, a bond servant	7
2848697758	feudalism	a political and social system based on ownership of land, based on a rigid class structure.	8
2848700861	dynasty	A series of rulers from the same family	9
2848701607	revolution	An overthrow and replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.	10
2848703168	rural	Country	11
2848704164	divine	appropriate or devoted to God or a god.	12
2848707100	diaspora	the body of jews living in countries outside Israel	13
2848710949	demography	Scientific study of human populations.	14
2848713400	colonialism	the governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory or people	15
2848720216	city-state	a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.	16
2848722453	bias	Prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue.	17
2848723982	aristocracy	Group of the most wealthy and privileged	18
2848769664	agriculture	The art and science of producing food from the land and tending livestock for the purpose of human consumption.	19
2848770884	agrarian	relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land	20
2848773941	absolutism	A political system in which a ruler holds total power	21
2848775338	scribe	A professional writer	22
2848777611	prehistoric	Before written history	23
2848779961	polytheism	Belief in many gods	24
2848783023	periodization	an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study.	25
2848786075	patriarchal	male led society and household	26
2848788024	medieval	referring to the Middle Ages	27
2848789991	indentured servant	person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for passage to America.	28
2848791801	imperialism	A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.	29
2848792938	globalization	the act of extending to other or all parts of the world	30
2848797248	genocide	Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group	31
2848798677	forager	the act of searching for any provisions of any kind	32
2848803642	merchant	A person who makes money by selling goods	33
2848804499	neolithic	the development of agriculture and the manufacture of pottery and textiles (last phase of the Stone Age)	34
2848811405	pandemic	epidemic over a large area	35
2848813909	papacy	the office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope	36
2848818630	serf	A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord	37
2848819826	shaman	A person who is believed to have the power to cure the sick and forecast and control the future	38
2848825241	pastoral	A work of literature dealing with rural life	39