AP World History Vocab Flashcards

2220974860	globalization	the process of developing economic, social, cultural, and political interdependence across international borders	0
2220974861	specialization	a specific occupation practiced by an individual	1
2220974862	capitalism	an economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned	2
2220974863	socialism	an economic system in which the factors of production are publicly owned, and operated for the good of all	3
2220974864	syncretism	the blending of two or more religious or cultural traditions	4
2220974865	diffusion	the spread of cultural traditions from one area or group of people to another	5
2220974866	empire	a major political unit controlling territory or people under a single sovereign authority	6
2220974867	colony	a body of people living in a territory under the authority of a parent state	7
2220974868	hegemony	dominant influence or authority over others	8
2220974869	demographics	the statistical characteristics of human populations	9
2220974870	diaspora	the breaking up and scattering of a people	10
2220974871	temporally	relating to the sequence of time; "over time"	11
2220974872	spatially	relating to, or occupying space; "across space"	12
2220974873	monarchy	rule by a single person	13
2220974874	oligarchy	government by a small group of elites	14
2220974875	democracy	a government by the people based on direct or indirect representation	15
2220974876	hierarchy	the classification of people based on economic, social or professional standing	16
2220974877	patriarchy	social organization marked by the supremacy of the father, legal dependence of wives and children, and inheritance through the male line	17
2220974878	matriarchy	social organization in which descent and inheritance are traced through the female line	18
2220974879	gender	the behavioral and cultural traits typically associated with one sex i.e. male or female	19
2220974880	point of view	a person's perspective, typically influenced by class, gender and culture	20
2220974881	bias	an inclination to observe situations from a preconceived point of view	21
2220974882	continuity	uninterrupted connection; the continuation of a preexisting entity	22
2220974883	suffrage	the legal right to vote	23
2220974884	franchise	a right or freedom granted by the government; the right to vote	24
2220974885	sovereignty	supreme authority within territorial boundaries	25
2220974886	autonomy	the right or power to govern oneself; self-determination	26
2220974887	revolution	a drastic and far reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving	27
2220974888	cosmopolitan	common to or representative of many parts of the world; not national or local	28