AP World History (Summer Vocabulary) Flashcards
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| 2828268916 | Absolutism | the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government | 0 | |
| 2828271861 | Agriculture | the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming | 1 | |
| 2828300123 | Aristocracy | A class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility | 2 | |
| 2828304130 | Bias | A particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice | 3 | |
| 2828322596 | Bureaucracy | A government by many bureaus, administrations, and petty officials | 4 | |
| 2828326431 | Chiefdom | The rank or office of being head or leader of an organized body of people | 5 | |
| 2828334726 | City-State | A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies | 6 | |
| 2828338933 | Civilization | An advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached | 7 | |
| 2828360311 | Commercial | Engaged in transporting passengers or goods for profit, especially on large scale between different countries | 8 | |
| 2828364284 | Demography | The science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, marriages of the population | 9 | |
| 2828377445 | Divination | The practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means | 10 | |
| 2828382045 | Dynasty | A sequence of rulers from the same family, stack, or group | 11 | |
| 2828385011 | Empire | A group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful government | 12 | |
| 2828391247 | Epidemic | A rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something such as a disease | 13 | |
| 2828393644 | Forage | To collect strip of supplies, plunder, wander, and go in search of provisions; Search about; seek; rummage; or hunt | 14 | |
| 2828401814 | Globalization | The act of extending to other or all parts of the world, worldwide integration and development | 15 | |
| 2828405665 | Indentured Servant | A person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time, 7yrs., during 17th-19th centuries | 16 | |
| 2828411803 | Interregional | Of or pertaining to a particular region, district, area or part, as of a country, sectional, or local (may not always be local) | 17 | |
| 2828419163 | Kingdom | A state or government having a king or queen as its head | 18 | |
| 2828422298 | Medieval | Of pertaining to, characteristic of, or in style of the Middle Ages; 500 C.E.-1350C.E. | 19 | |
| 2828427220 | Merchant | A person who buys and sells commodities for profit, dealer, trader, pertaining to or used for trade | 20 | |
| 2828431219 | Monotheism | The doctrine or belief that there is only one God | 21 | |
| 2828433435 | Nation | A large body of people, associated with a particular territory | 22 | |
| 2828435417 | Neolithic | The last phase of the stone age, marked by development, 9000-8000B.C. in the Middle Ages | 23 | |
| 2828438949 | Nobility | The distinguished class or the body of rich, ranked in a country | 24 | |
| 2828442120 | Nomad | A member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves place to place | 25 | |
| 2828446004 | Ocean | The vast body of salt water that covers almost 3/4 of the Earth's surface | 26 | |
| 2828449133 | Pandemic | (of a disease) Prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world | 27 | |
| 2828452033 | Papacy | The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope; Government where pope is head | 28 | |
| 2828455014 | Pastoral | Pertaining to the country or to life; rural rustic; shepherds; farming | 29 | |
| 2828460389 | Patriarchal | Of or pertaining to the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc. | 30 | |
| 2828463066 | Periodization | An act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study | 31 | |
| 2828468501 | Polytheism | The doctrine of or belief in more than one god or many gods | 32 | |
| 2828469747 | Prehistoric | Of or pertaining to the time or a period prior to recorded history | 33 | |
| 2828471593 | Primary Source | First or highest in rank or importance; first in order | 34 | |
| 2828476526 | Revolution | An overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of government | 35 | |
| 2828479327 | Rural | Of pertaining to, or characteristic of the country, life or people | 36 | |
| 2828481798 | Scribe | A person who serves as a professional copyist; manuscripts; before printing | 37 | |
| 2828484272 | Sea | The salt waters that cover the greater part of the surface of the Earth, that have boundaries | 38 | |
| 2828486846 | Secondary Source | Belonging or pertaining to a second order division, rank, grade, or period | 39 | |
| 2828490180 | Serf | A person in a condition of servitude required to render services to a lord; slave | 40 | |
| 2828494746 | Shaman | A person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds | 41 | |
| 2828499618 | Slave | A person who is the property of and wholly subject to another | 42 | |
| 2828501364 | State | A politically unified people occupying a definite territory | 43 | |
| 2828504126 | Steppes | An extensive plain, especially one without trees | 44 | |
| 2828505655 | Urban | Of pertaining to, or designating a city or town; living in a city | 45 |