AP World History Vocab Flashcards

4407085356	agrarian	relating to fields or land for farming	0
4407054406	analysis	separating a whole entity into its component parts for examination	1
4785367614	artifact	something made or altered by humans for a practical purpose (used for historical analysis, especially before writing)	2
4785367615	assimilation	to incorporate and absorb into surrounding environment	3
4785367616	barter	to trade one commodity for another without the use of money	4
4785368577	BC/BCE	Before Christ/Before Common Era	5
4785368578	AD/CE	Anno Domini (in the year of our lord)/Common Era	6
4785368663	bias	tendency toward prejudice; personal judgement	7
4785369873	bureaucracy	a body of non-elected government officials that make policy	8
4785370880	capitalism	economic system characterized by private ownership, free-enterprise and lack of government involvement in the economy	9
4785370881	cash crop	a readily salable crop produced primarily for market (ex: cotton, tobacco)	10
4785370882	century	a grouping of 100 years	11
4785371943	chronology	an arrangement of events in order of occurrence (1st to last)	12
4785371944	circa	at, in or approximately; used especially with dates (ex. Circa 1570)	13
4785372916	circum-maritime	world-wide, ocean-going trade	14
4785372917	city-state	an autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory	15
4785374874	civilization	a relatively high level of cultural and technological development (including writing)	16
4785375850	codify	to classify and formally write down	17
4785375851	colonialism	control by one power or country over a dependent area and/or people	18
4785376494	command economy	economic system where activity is controlled by a central authority (government) and means of production are publicly owned	19
4785376495	comparison	examination of two entities, noting similarities and differences	20
4785376496	connection	a causal or logical relationship, a tie	21
4785377713	consumer	one that uses or utilized economic goods and serivices	22
4785377714	continuity	uninterrupted and/or duration without essential change(s)	23
4785379229	coup d'etat	a sudden, decisive exercise of force in politics; violent overthrow or altering of existing government by a small group	24
4785379230	culture	the characteristic features of a group or people: includes food, religion, etc	25
4785380383	decade	a grouping of ten years	26
4785380384	decolonization	to be free from colonial status	27
4785381703	demography	the statistical study of human populations especially related to size, distribution, density, and vital statistics	28
4785381704	dictator	a person granted absolute power and control	29
4785382514	diffusion	spread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to another through contact	30
4785382515	diversity	being composed of different elements (as peoples, races, cultures)	31
4785382516	domestic	of or relating to one's own home country	32
4785384152	domestication	to adapt animals and/or plants for human use and benefit	33
4785384153	dynasty	a succession of rulers from the same family	34
4785385699	ecumene	the permanently inhabited portion of the earth	35
4785385700	elites	the best or highest of a class, socially superior	36
4785386451	emancipation	liberation, freeing (as in slaves)	37
4785386452	empire	a political unit having a great extent of territories or peoples under a single authority	38
4785387178	entrepot	a centre of trade and transshipment	39
4785387179	entrepreneur	one who organizes, manages and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise	40
4785387886	era	a period of time identified by prominent of characteristic features	41
4785387887	evolution	a process of continual change	42
4785389096	ethnic group	large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic or cultural origin or background	43
4785390201	ethno-centrism	having the attitude that one's own culture group is superior to others	44
4785390759	expansion	increasing in size	45
4785390760	fact	something that is provable; verifiable, actual	46
4785390761	federal	relating to the national government	47
4785391579	federalism	in the U.S., a division of power between the national and the state governments	48
4785391580	feudalism	political system where underlords hold/use land in return for military protection and peasants work the land in return for protection	49
4785392617	forage	to wander in search of food	50
4785392618	gender	the behavioral, cultural or psychological traits typically associated with one sex, male or female	51
4785392619	genocide	the deliberate, systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group	52
4785393596	global	of or relating to the entire world	53
4785393597	globalization	the development of an increasingly integrated world economy	54
4785467581	habitat	the place or environment where a plant, animal or person naturally lives	55
4785467582	hegemony	influence or authority exerted by a dominant group over others	56