AP World History Flashcards
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| 2829402267 | Autonomy | The right or power to govern oneself; self-determination | 0 | |
| 2829402268 | Capitalism | An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production (land, labor, raw materials, tools, etc), open competition, and disire for profit | 1 | |
| 2829402269 | Civilization | Complex society with a permanent location, urban areas, specilization of labor, social classes, and adavance technology. | 2 | |
| 2829402270 | Colony | A foreign territory ruled by a "parent" state | 3 | |
| 2829402271 | Cosmopolitan | Consisting of a group of people or culture from around the world; a diverse, multi-cultural or multi-ethnic community | 4 | |
| 2829402272 | Democracy | A government where the citizens exercise political power through voting | 5 | |
| 2829402273 | Demographics | The statistical characteristics of human population (ex: sizes, growth rate, death rate, migration) | 6 | |
| 2829402274 | Diaspora | The breaking up and scattering of people (often result of forced migration) | 7 | |
| 2830688486 | Diffusion | The spread of cultural traditions from one area or group of the people to another. | 8 | |
| 2830688487 | Empire | A group of territories or people ruled by a single sovereign authority | 9 | |
| 2830688488 | Francise (enfranchisement) | The right to vote; any right or freedom grantred by the government | 10 | |
| 2830688489 | Gender | The behavioral and cultural traits typically associated with one sex (male or female) | 11 | |
| 2830688490 | Globalization | The process of developing economic, cultural and political intergration across national borders | 12 | |
| 2830688491 | Hegemony | Dominant influence or authority over others | 13 | |
| 2830688492 | Hierarchy | The classification (or ranking) of people based on economic, social or professional standing; system of social classes | 14 | |
| 2830688493 | Ideology | Set of beliefs, especially relating to human life, culture, or government | 15 | |
| 2830688494 | Interregional | Between two or more world regions (ex. trade link between Europe and African) | 16 | |
| 2830688495 | 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 mother | 17 | |
| 2830688496 | Millennium (plura=Millennium): | A period of 1,000 years | 18 | |
| 2830688497 | Monarchy | A government ruled by a single person, typically chosen from a royal family or dynasty | 19 | |
| 2833135795 | Oligarchy | A government ruled by small group of elites | 20 | |
| 2833135796 | Patriarchy | A society ruled by men; social organization marked by the supremacy of the father, legal dependence of wives and childern, and inheritance through the male line | 21 | |
| 2833135797 | Revolution | A dramatic change in ways of thinking and behaving; the overthrow of a ruler or political system | 22 | |
| 2833135798 | Rural | Relating to the countryside | 23 | |
| 2833135799 | Socialism | An economic system based on public ownership of the means of production (lanf, labor, raw materials, tools, etc), sharing of resources, anf the desire to create economic equality | 24 | |
| 2833135800 | Sovereignty | Supreme authority within territoral boundaries | 25 | |
| 2833135801 | Spatial (spatially) | Relating to, or occupying space; "across space" | 26 | |
| 2833135802 | Specialization | Process of becoming trained or designed for one particular purpose or occupation | 27 | |
| 2833135803 | State | An area with its own fully independent government | 28 | |
| 2833135804 | Suffrage | The legal right to vote | 29 | |
| 2833135805 | Syncretism | The blending of two or more religious or cultural traditions | 30 | |
| 2833135806 | Temporal (Temporally) | Relating to the sequence of time, "over time" | 31 | |
| 2833135807 | Urban | Relating to a city | 32 |