AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards

2829402921	Absolutism	The acceptance or belief in absolute principles in political, philisophocal, ethical, or theological matters.	0
2829402922	Agriculture	The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.	1
2829402923	Aristocracy	The highest class in certain societies, especially those holding heredity titles or offices.	2
2829402924	Bias	Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.	3
2829402925	Bureaucracy	A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.	4
2829402926	Chiefdom	A form of hierarchical political organization in non industrial societies usually based on kinship and in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate señor members of select families or "houses."	5
2829402927	City-State	A city that with with its surrounding territory , forms an independent state.	6
2829402928	Civilization	The stage of human, social development and organization that is considered most advanced.	7
2829402929	Commercial	Concerned with or engaged with commerce.	8
2829402930	Demography	The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income,or the incidence of disease which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.	9
2829402931	Divination	The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means	10
2829402932	Dynasty	A line of heredity rulers of a country	11
2829402933	Empire	An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an empire or empires	12
2829402934	Epidemic	A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community in a particular time	13
2829402935	Forager	Someone of a person or animal that searches widely for food or provisions	14
2829402936	Globalization	A process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and government of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology	15
2829402937	Indentured Servant	A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country	16
2829402938	Interregional	Relates to process to or occurs between different regions	17
2829402939	Kingdom	A country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen	18
2829402940	Medieval	Is, of, or related to the Middle Ages (The period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the west to the fall of Constantinople	19
2829402941	Merchant	A person or company involved in whole sale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade	20
2829402942	Monotheism	The doctrine or belief that there is only one God	21
2829402943	Nation	A large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory	22
2829402944	Neolithic	Is, of, or relating to, or denoting the later part of the stone age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed	23
2829402945	Nobility	A group of people belonging to the noble class in a country, especially those with a heredity or honorary title	24
2829402946	Nomad	A member of people having no permanent abode,and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock	25
2829402947	Ocean	A very large expanse of sea, in particular, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically	26
2829402948	Pandemic (of a disease)	Prevalent of a whole country or the world	27
2829402949	Papacy	The office or authority of the Pope	28
2829402950	Pastoral	Concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance	29
2829402951	Patriarchal	Is, of, or relating to, or characteristic of a system of society of government controlled by men	30
2829402952	Periodization	An act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purpose of analysis and study	31
2829402953	Polytheism	The belief in or worship of more than one God	32
2829402954	Prehistoric	Is, of, or relating to, or denoting the period before written records	33
2829402955	Primary Source	A document or physical object which was written or created during the time of study	34
2829402956	Revolution	A forcible over throw of a government or social order in favor of a new system	35
2829402957	Rural	In, relating to, or characteristic of the country side rather than the town	36
2829402958	Scribe	A person who copies documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented	37
2829402959	Secondary Source	Documents written after an event that has occurred providing second-hand accounts of that event, person, or topic	38
2829402960	Serf	An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate	39
2829402961	Shaman	A person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits, especially among some people of northern Asia and North America	40
2829402962	Slave	A person who is legal property of another and is forced to obey them	41
2829402963	State	A nation or territory considered as an organized, political community under one government	42
2829402964	Steppes	A large area of flat unforested grassland in south eastern Europe or Siberia	43
2829402965	Urban	A characteristic of a city or town	44