AP World History Flashcards

6960176416	Abate	to make smaller or less intense	0
6960177725	Absolutism	the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters	1
6960177726	Adjacent	neighboring	2
6960178875	Agrarian	relating to cultivated land	3
6960179979	Agriculture	farming or cultivation	4
6960182200	Anthropomorphic	having human characteristics	5
6985559441	aristocracy	the highest class in society	6
6985561668	avarice	greed for wealth	7
6985592476	bias	prejudice in favor or against something	8
6985593149	Buddhism	a religion that says suffering can be eliminated through enlightenment	9
6985593764	Bureaucracy	a government where state official make important decisions	10
6985618675	capital	most important city of a region	11
6985618676	capitalism	an economic/political system where country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit	12
6985620190	capitulate	to surrender	13
6985620191	centralized	unified	14
6985621338	charlatan	a fraud	15
6985621339	chattel	an item of property other than real estate	16
6985623155	chiefdom	a form of hierarchy based on family	17
6985624753	Christianity	religion based on Jesus of Nazareth	18
6985625409	City-State	an independent city	19
6985625410	Civilization	an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached	20
6985626194	clergy	the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church	21
6985626195	coerce	to obtain through threats	22
6985626597	colonialism	taking over a country	23
6985626598	colony	area under the full or partial political control of another country	24
6985627309	communism	a political theory 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	25
6985627793	Confucianism	a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius	26
6985629031	Copious	abundant	27
6985629032	culture	the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation	28
7000143326	Daoism	religious tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao	29
7000146248	deforestation	clearing a wide area of trees	30
7000146249	demography	the study of statistics that affect human population	31
7000149320	derive	obtain something from	32
7000149321	diaspora	the spreading of any people from their original homeland	33
7000151166	divine	a person who is an expert in religious beliefs	34
7000152778	dynasty	a line of hereditary rulers of a country	35
7000249856	economic	requiring fewer resources or costing less money	36
7000249857	edict	an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority	37
7000250769	egalitarian	a person who advocates for equal rights	38
7000250770	empire	an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority	39
7000252557	encroach	intrude	40
7000253984	epidemic	a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease	41
7000253985	equitable	fair and impartial	42
7000255582	ethnocentrism	the belief in the superiority of your own ethnic group	43
7000363890	feudalism	the dominant social system in medieval Europe	44
7000365204	forage	search widely for food or provisions	45
7000365205	fundamental	a central or primary rule or principle	46
7000368555	genocide	killing of a large group of people	47
7000370655	globalization	the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence	48
7000370656	hegemony	leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others	49
7000372016	hierarchy	a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other	50
7000373109	Hinduism	a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia	51
7013498959	ideology	a system of ideas and ideals	52
7013501736	imperialism	rule by an emperor	53
7013504431	incursion	a sudden invasion or attack	54
7013505385	indentured servant	a person working for a period of time in exchange for free passage to a new country	55
7013506277	indignant	feeling anger towards unfair treatment	56
7013507273	industrial	very great in extent or amount	57
7013508966	inflation	a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money	58
7013509877	institution	organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose	59
7013510498	intermediary	a person who acts as a link between people in order to try to bring about an agreement	60
7013511830	Judaism	Jewish religion	61
7013513324	lambast	to beat severely	62
7013514897	legitimate	make lawful	63
7020080074	malfeasance	wrongdoing, especially by a public official	64
7020080614	manufacture	make on a large scale using machinery	65
7020080615	maritime	connected with the sea	66
7020082103	matriarchy	a system of society or government ruled by a woman	67
7020082852	medieval	the Middle Ages	68
7020083658	merchant	a person or company involved in wholesale trade	69
7020084484	monarchy	a form of government lead by a monarch	70
7020086039	monotheism	belief that there is only one God	71
7020086766	munificence	great generosity	72
7020087494	myriad	a large quantity	73
7047786014	nation	a large group of people united by common descent	74
7047786926	negligible	insignificant	75
7047822503	neolithic	the later part of the Stone Age	76
7047827876	nobility	people belonging to the noble class in a country	77
7047829664	nomadic	people who have no home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of resources	78
7052969496	pagan	a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions	79
7052970023	pandemic	disease spread widely	80
7052970024	papacy	the office or authority of the Pope	81
7052971558	parity	being equal	82
7052971559	pastoral	appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance	83
7052972088	patriarchy	government system where the father or eldest male is head of the family	84
7052973203	Periodization	dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study	85
7052974352	placate	make someone less angry or hostile	86
7052974353	plethora	a large amount	87
7052975131	polytheism	belief in more than one god	88
7052975132	prehistoric	period before written records	89
7052976005	prevalent	widespread in a particular area	90
7052976696	primary source	original source of evidence	91
7052976697	prolific	producing large amount	92
7052977782	protestant	a member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches	93
7052977783	prowess	bravery in battle	94
7094013540	rational	reasonable	95
7094014042	reform	to make positive changes	96
7094014345	regime	government	97
7094014715	revolution	an overthrow of a government	98
7094014991	rural	countryside	99
7112582274	scribe	an employed person who copies out documents	100
7112582275	secondary source	information that was created by someone who did not experience it first-hand	101
7112582849	secular	not subject to or bound by religious rule	102
7112582850	serf	an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate	103
7112582851	shaman	a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds	104
7112583094	slave	a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them	105
7112583095	state	a nation under one government	106
7112583399	stratified	society's categorization of people based upon their occupation and income	107
7112583400	subjective	based on or influenced by personal feelings	108
7112583967	subjugate	bring under domination or control	109
7112583968	surplus	left over when requirements have been met	110
7112584397	syncretic	blending of two or more religious belief systems into a new system	111
7112584842	textile	woven fabric	112
7112585123	theocracy	a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god	113
7112586634	tumultuous	excited, confused, or disorderly	114
7112588310	ubiquitous	found everywhere	115
7112588311	urban	characteristic of a city or town	116
7112588650	veneration	great respect	117
7112588651	xenophobic	fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners	118