AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards

7093103538	B.C.E.	Before the Common Era, also known as Before the Christian Era. This is the period of time before the traditional date of Christ's birth. This has replaced B.C. (Before Christ)	0
7093103539	C.E.	Common Era, also known as the Christian Era. This is the period of time that begins with the traditional date of Christ's birth. This has replaced A.D. (Anno Domini)	1
7093103540	abdicate	someone who decides to give up power and step down from his/her position.	2
7093103541	accession	the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)	3
7093103542	aesthetic	concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste	4
7093103543	agrarian	of or relation to cultivated land or the preparation of land; relation to rural matters	5
7093103544	amenities	the things in life that make you more comfortable and at ease;	6
7093103545	anarchy	a state of lawlessness and disorder; political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control	7
7093103546	animism	the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls	8
7093103547	antiquity	the quality of being ancient; an artifact surviving from the past (adjective)	9
7093103548	appeasement	calming; to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of a group in a conciliatory effort	10
7093103549	aristocracy	a privileged class holding hereditary titles; a government in which those in a special class rule; nobility	11
7093103550	asceticism	rigorous self-denial, particularly the rejection of the pleasures of the world	12
7093103551	assimilate	to make similar; alike; to understand fully	13
7093103552	authoritarian	characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; expecting unquestioning obedience	14
7093103553	autocracy	a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual; a system of government by one person with absolute power	15
7093103554	barbarism	an uncivilized state or condition	16
7093103555	bureaucracy/bureaucrats	a government that is staffed with nonelective officials; a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives./government officials who are more concerned with procedural correctness rather than the right thing to do	17
7093103556	city-state	a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.	18
7093103557	civic	of or relating to a city; of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals	19
7093103558	classical	of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilization and its culture; representative of past cultures; of or relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture.	20
7093103559	colonial	of concerning to a colony or colonies	21
7093103560	commerce	transactions having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)	22
7093103561	communal	belonging to the people of a community; for or by a group rather than individuals	23
7093103562	concubine	a woman who cohabits a man to whom she is not married to; mistress	24
7093103563	conscription	compulsory military service	25
7093103564	cosmopolitan	familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures	26
7093103565	coup	a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force	27
7093103566	demography/demographic	the studying of the characteristics of human populations	28
7093103567	despot	a cruel and oppressive dictator	29
7093103568	diaspora	the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (noun)	30
7093103569	dissent	a difference in opinion; the act of protesting (act)	31
7093103570	dissident	a person who rebels from some established policy (person)	32
7093103571	domestic/domesticate	something converted or adapted to make fit for cultivation and service to humans (noun)/make fit for cultivation and service to humans (verb); tame plants and animals	33
7093103572	dynasty/dynastic	a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family	34
7093103573	edict	a formal or authoritative proclamation	35
7093103574	egalitarian	favors social equality	36
7093103575	elite	a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status	37
7093103576	emigrate	leave one's country of residence for a new one	38
7093103577	epic	a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds	39
7093103578	ethnocentric	judges other cultures by comparing them to his own; centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own	40
7093103579	feudalism	a european political system in which a lord owned all the land while vassals(slaves) and serfs farmed it	41
7093103580	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	42
7093103581	gentry	people of a good social position that are below nobility	43
7093103582	guild	a formal association of people with similar interests	44
7093103583	hierarchy	a series of ordered groupings of people or thing within a system; a system that recognizes or ranks things, often according to power or importance	45
7093103584	hominids	a primate of the family Hominidae; ape and human	46
7093103585	homogenous	all of the same or similar kind; corresponding in structure because of common origin	47
7093103586	ideology	an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation; a system of ideas; a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.	48
7093103587	imperial/imperialism	related to an empire/a type of government that wants to increase its size by force and extending rule over foreign countries	49
7093103588	indigenous	origination where it is found	50
7093103589	infrastructure	the basic structure or features of a system or organization	51
7093103590	lineage	everyone who descends from a particular ancestor; the kinship relation between an individual and the individuals' progenitors	52
7093103591	linguistic	consisting of or related to language	53
7093103592	manifest	clearly revealed to the mind or the sense or judgement; to notice (verb)	54
7093103593	maritime	relating to or involved ships or shipping or navigation or seamen	55
7093103594	martial	suggesting war or military life	56
7093103595	matrilineal	based on or tracing descent though the female line	57
7093103596	mercenary	a person hired to fight for another country than their own	58
7093103597	monarchy	an autocracy governed by someone who usually inherits the authority; king/queen	59
7093103598	monopoly/monopolize	a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; exclusive ownership or control of something	60
7093103599	monotheism	belief in a single god	61
7093103600	mystical	having an import not apparent to the sense nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding	62
7093103601	nation-state	a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.	63
7093103602	neo	recent or new	64
7093103603	Neolithic	latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east	65
7093103604	nomadic	a lifestyle traveling from place to place; migratory	66
7093103605	oligarchy	a political system governed by a few people (noun)	67
7093103606	pantheon	a temple to all the gods	68
7093103607	papal/papacy	of or relating to the pope/ the government of the Roman Catholic Church	69
7093103608	parliament/parliamentary system	a legislative assembly in certain countries; like a congress	70
7093103609	pastoral	devoted to raising sheep or cattle; used with regard to idealized country life; concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance.	71
7093103610	patriarchal	characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line	72
7093103611	patrilineal	based on or tracing descent through the male line	73
7093103612	patronage	the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; support given by customers to a business	74
7093103613	peasant	one of a class of agricultural laborers; a country person	75
7093103614	pharaoh	the title of the ancient Egyptian Kings	76
7093103615	piety/pious	devotion to god/having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity	77
7093103616	polity	a form of government of a social organization; a group of any size or shape	78
7093103617	polygamy	having more than one spouse at a time	79
7093103618	polytheism	belief in multiple gods	80
7093103619	proselytize	to convert someone to another faith or religion	81
7093103620	provincial	associated with a local place; small-town-ish; less worldly (adjective)/inhabitant of an empire	82
7093103621	regent	someone who rules during the absence of the country's monarch	83
7093103622	republic	a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.	84
7093103623	rhetoric/rhetorical	study of the technique and rules for using language effectively; intended to persuade/ of or concerning the art of persuasion; the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.	85
7093103624	sedentary	requiring sitting or little activity	86
7093103625	serf	a person who is forced to work on the land and owned by the feudal lord	87
7093103626	Sharia	the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed	88
7093103627	Sinification	to make Chinese in character or bring under Chinese influence	89
7093103628	state	a politically organized body of people under a single government; the way something is with respect to its main attributes	90
7093103629	steppe	extensive plain without trees	91
7093103630	stratification	forming of layers, classes and other things; a particular way of arranging seeds	92
7093103631	Sub-Saharan	of or relating to or situated in the region south of the Sahara Desert	93
7093103632	subordinate	an assistant subject to the authority or control of another; lower in rank or importance	94
7093103633	succession	acquisition of property by descent or by will; the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc.; a group of people or things arranged or following in order; a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other.	95
7093103634	syncretism	the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)	96
7093103635	textiles	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers	97
7093103636	theocracy	a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)	98
7093103637	theology	the systematic study of religion	99
7093103638	totalitarian	characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control	100
7093103639	tributary state	state that is subordinate to a more powerful neighbor	101
7093103640	tyranny	government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator; cruel and oppressive government or rule.	102
7093103641	urban/urbanize	relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area/ to move to a city	103
7093103642	usurp	seize and take control without authority and possibly with force	104
7093103643	vernacular	the everyday speech of the people	105