AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards

6654104264	Autocracy	a system of government in which supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person	0
6674998138	Bourgeoisie	of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes	1
6675008973	Bureaucracy	a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives	2
6675028645	Capitalism	an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state	3
6675032392	Cartel	an association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition	4
6675057874	Centralized Government	one in which power or legal authority is exerted or coordinated by a de facto political executive to which federal states, local authorities, and smaller units are considered subject	5
6675064438	City-State	a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state	6
6675083306	Civilization	the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced	7
6675101234	Chinampas	a method of Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico	8
6675107383	Coercive Labor	a forced labor system as in slavery or an indentured laborer (a slave guaranteed freedom after service)	9
6675122063	Command Economy	economic system in which the means of production are publicly owned and economic activity is controlled by a central authority that assigns quantitative production goals and allots raw materials to productive enterprises	10
6675127156	Commodities	a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee	11
6675136536	Communism	a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs	12
6675151572	Cultural Diffusion	the gradual spread of cultural features between different groups of people	13
6675157572	Decentralized Government	one in which power or legal authority is exerted or coordinated by a de facto political executive to which federal states, local authorities, and smaller units are considered subject	14
6675215100	Democracy	a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives	15
6675222464	Diaspora	Jews living outside Israel	16
6675238336	Dynasty	a line of hereditary rulers of a country	17
6675263423	Entrepreneurship	the activity of setting up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit	18