AP World History Set 3 Flashcards

7263320302	Urbanization	the process of making an area more urban	0
7263321229	Aristocracy	the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices	1
7263322393	Sericulture	the production of silk and the rearing of silkworms for this purpose	2
7263323365	Maritime	connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity	3
7263324191	Stratified	arrange or classify	4
7263325712	Mandate of Heaven	the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods. They used this Mandate to justify their overthrow of the Shang, and their subsequent rule.	5
7263325713	Irrigation	the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels	6
7263327281	Bureaucracy	a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives	7
7263328087	Dynastic Cycle	rise to a political, cultural, and economic peak and then, because of moral corruption, declines, loses the Mandate of Heaven, and falls, only to be replaced by a new dynasty	8
7263328088	Monarchy	a form of government with a monarch at the head	9
7263328956	Accumulation	the acquisition or gradual gathering of something	10
7263328957	Textiles	a type of cloth or woven fabric	11
7263330603	Silted River	Silt is the fine bits of clay and sand that become sediment settling at the bottom of a river or lake. If there's a lot of silt flowing in a river, it looks murky. Silt is the super-fine dirt that you might see at the bottom of a lake or river	12
7263331648	Trans Regional	across regions	13
7263331649	Currency	a system of money in general use in a particular country	14
7263336599	Desertification	the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.	15