AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards

2841423505	Agrarian	realating to fields or land for farming	0
2841426658	Analysis	separating a whole entity into its component parts for examination	1
2841428549	Artifact	something made or altered by humans for practical purpose (used for historical analysis, especially before writing)	2
2841435029	Assimilation	to incorporate and absorb into surrounding environment	3
2841438069	Barter	to trade one commodity for another without the use of money	4
2841442314	BC/BCE	Before Christ/ Before Common Era	5
2841444709	AD/CE	Anno Domini ( in the year of our lord)/ Common Era	6
2841448072	Bias	tendency toward prejudice; personal judgement	7
2841451847	Bureaucracy	a body of non-elected government officials that make policy	8
2841455513	Capitalism	economic system characterized by private ownership, free-enterprise, and lack of government involvement in the economy	9
2841461737	Cash crop	a readily salable crop produced primarily for market	10
2841471914	Century	a grouping of 100 years	11
2841473054	Chronology	an arrangement of events in order of occurance	12
2841478733	Circa	at, in, or approximately; used especially with dates	13
2841480410	Circum-Maritime	world wide, ocean-going trade	14
2841481466	City-trade	an autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory	15
2841490442	civilization	a relatively high level of cultural and technological development (including writing)	16
2841491606	codify	to classify and formally write down	17
2841492211	colonialism	control by one power or country over a dependent area and/or people	18
2841493104	command economy	economic system where activity is controlled by a central authority (gov't.)and means of production are publicly owned	19
2841494324	comparison	examination of two entities, noting similarities and differences	20
2841513437	connection	a causal or logical relationship, a tie	21
2841521055	consumer	one that uses or utilizes economic goods and services	22
2841524887	continuity	uninterrupted and/or duration without essential change(s)	23
2841526173	coup d'etat	a sudden, decisive exercise of force in politics; violent overthrow or altering of existing gov't by a small group	24
2841526706	culture	the characteristic features of a group or people: includes food, religion, etc.	25
2841528032	decade	a grouping of ten years	26
2841528969	decolonization	to be free from colonial status	27
2841529751	demography	the statistical study of human populations especially related to size, distribution, density and vital statistics	28
2841530851	dictator	a person granted absolute power and control	29
2841531832	diffusion	spread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to another through contact	30
2841533171	diversity	being composed of different elements (as peoples, races, cultures)	31
2841537513	domestic	of or relating to one's own home country	32
2841538524	domestication	to adapt animals and/or plants for human use and benefit	33
2841542649	dynasty	a succession of rulers from the same family	34