AP world history vocab Flashcards

4861386286	Autonomy	The right or power to govern oneself; seldetermination	0
4861386287	Capitalism	An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production( land, labor), open competition, and desire for profit	1
4861386288	Civilization	Complex society with a permanent location, urban areas, specialization of labor, social classes, and advanced technology	2
4861386289	Colony	A foreign territory ruled by a "parent" state	3
4861386290	Cosmopolitan	Consisting of a group of people or cultures form around the world; a diverse, multi-cultural or multi- ethnic community	4
4861386291	Democracy	A government where the citizens exercise political power through voting	5
4861386292	Demographics	The statistical characteristics of human populations(size, growth rate, death rate)	6
4861386293	Diaspora	The breaking up and scattering of a people( result of forced migration mostly)	7
4861386294	Diffusion	The spread of cultural traditions from one area or group of people to another	8
4861386295	Empire	A group of territories or peoples ruled by a single sovereign authority	9
4861386296	Franchise	The right to vote; any right or freedom granted by the government	10
4861386297	Gender	The behavioral and cultural traits typically associated with one sex	11
4861386298	Globalization	The process of developing economic, cultural and political integration across national borders	12
4861386299	Hegemony	Dominant influence or authority over others	13
4861386300	Hierarchy	The classification of people based on economic, social or professional standing; system of social classes	14
4861386301	Ideology	Set of beliefs, especially relating to human life, culture, or government	15
4861386302	Matriarchy	A society ruled by women; a community in which women are considered the head of the family and where lineage and inheritance are traced from the mother	16
4861386303	Millennium	A period of 1,000 years	17
4861386304	Monarchy	A government ruled by a single person, typically chosen from a royal family or dynasty	18
4861386305	Oligarchy	A government ruled by a small group of elites	19
4861386306	Patriarchy	A society ruled by men; social organization marked by the supremacy of the father, legal dependence of wives and children, and inheritance through the male line	20
4861386307	Revolution	A dramatic change in ways of thinking and behaving; the overthrow of a ruler or political system	21
4861386308	Rural	Relating to the countryside	22
4861386309	Socialism	An economic system based on public ownership of the means of production ( land, labor), sharing resources, and the desire to create economic equality	23
4861386310	Sourcing	The technique used by historians to analyze the information contained in a written or visual document	24
4861386311	Sovereignty	Supreme authority within territorial boundaries	25
4861386312	Spatial	Relating to, or occupying space;"across space"	26
4861386313	Specialization	Process of becoming trained or designed for one particular purpose or occupation	27
4861386314	State	An area with its own independent government	28
4861386315	Suffrage	The legal right to vote	29
4861386316	Syncetism	The blending of two or ready religious or cultural traditions	30
4861386317	Temporal	Relating to a sequence of time;" over time"	31
4861386318	Urban	Relating to a city or town	32