AP World History Important Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 7178221974 | Synthesis | the combination of ideas to form a theory or system | 0 | |
| 7178223682 | Context | background, environment, framework, setting, or situation surrounding an event or occurrence | 1 | |
| 7178228043 | Contextualization | historical thinking skill that involves the ability to connect historical events and processes to specific circumstances of time and place as well as broader regional, national, or global processes | 2 | |
| 7178233185 | Thesis | a short statement that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, argued, and supported, in the text by means of examples and evidence | 3 | |
| 7178237149 | Cohesive | well-integrated; unified | 4 | |
| 7178238453 | Analyze | usually implies at least two elements: (a) a breakdown of something into two parts or ideas, and (b) a discussion or description of those parts using a point of view or a method | 5 | |
| 7178242449 | Prompt | also known as the essay "question" | 6 | |
| 7178243246 | Comparison | the act of finding out the differences and similarities between two or more people or things | 7 | |
| 7178245576 | Similarity | 2 or more things with commonalities in regard to the same subject or element | 8 | |
| 7178248270 | Difference | 2 or more things with differences in regard to the same subject or element | 9 | |
| 7178249446 | Continuity | the state or quality of being continuous over a period of time | 10 | |
| 7178250802 | Historical Context | patterns or trends in history by which a specific occurrence, property, or site is understood and its meaning (and ultimately its significance) within history or prehistory is made clear | 11 | |
| 7178254924 | Demography | the study of patterns in populations | 12 | |
| 7178255826 | Significance | the quality of being worthy of attention; importance | 13 | |
| 7178257047 | Causation | the action of causing something; the relationship between cause and effect; the causality | 14 | |
| 7178258374 | Periodization | the process or study of categorizing the past into specific, named blocks of time in order to aid the study and analysis of history | 15 | |
| 7178262039 | "Historically Defensible" | able to defend an argument using different kinds of historical evidence | 16 | |
| 7178264256 | Point of view | a particular attitude or way of considering a matter | 17 | |
| 7178264805 | Audience | the people who receive a message | 18 | |
| 7178265434 | Contraction | a combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation that are opposed to one another | 19 | |
| 7178266901 | Corroboration | to support or help prove (a statement, theory, etc.) by providing information or evidence | 20 | |
| 7178268685 | Qualify | information that can limit the argument against other information | 21 |