AP World History Vocab Flashcards

7206624145	Abolition	Movement to end slavery	0
7206624146	Absolutism	A political system in which a ruler holds total power	1
7206624147	Anarchism	a political philosophy that opposes government in any form	2
7206624148	Anti Semitism	Prejudice against Jews	3
7206624149	Apartheid	government policy of racial segregation once practiced by the Republic of South Africa.	4
7206624150	Appeasement	Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict	5
7206624151	Arable	Suitable for growing crops	6
7206624152	Archaic	ancient; old-fashioned	7
7206624153	-archy	government	8
7206624154	Aristocracy	a form of government in which power is held by the nobility.	9
7206624155	Asecticism	severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons	10
7206624156	Authoritarianism	the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom	11
7206624157	Barbarianism	a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person	12
7206624158	Border	The line between two countries.	13
7206624159	Bourgeoisie	French middle class	14
7206624160	Bureaucracy	A system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials	15
7206624161	Caliph	successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslims	16
7206624162	Capitalism	An economic system based on private ownership of capital	17
7206624163	capitulate	to surrender	18
7206624164	Cartel	an association to fix prices, set production quotas, or control markets	19
7206624165	Casualty	A person killed or injured in a war or accident	20
7206624166	Chivalry	Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages	21
7206624167	City state	a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.	22
7206624168	Civilization	A complex, highly organized social order	23
7206624169	class struggle	conflict between different classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests.	24
7206624170	Classical	1750-1820	25
7206624171	Colony	a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation	26
7206624172	Colombian Exchange	trade of goods and ideas between Europe and the new world colonies.	27
7206624173	Communal	used or shared in common by everyone in a group	28
7206624174	Conjuncture	a combination of circumstances; a particular state of affairs	29
7206624175	Conservatism	A movement to preserve the old social order and governments.	30
7206624176	Constitutionalism	Basic principle that government and those who govern must obey the law; the rule of law	31
7206624177	Consumerism	the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.	32
7206624178	Corporation	A business that is owned by many investors.	33
7206624179	Currency	Coins and paper bills used as money	34
7206624180	Darwinism	the theory of the evolution of species by natural selection advanced by Charles Darwin.	35
7206624181	Debt peonage	A system that bound laborers into slavery in order to work off a debt to the employer	36
7206624182	Deity	god or goddess	37
7206624183	Deism	religious belief based on reason	38
7206624184	Democracy	A form of government in which citizens govern themselves	39
7206624185	Demographic	related to population balance	40
7206624186	Determinism	The assumption that behavior is caused by heredity and environment	41
7206624187	Diffusion	the spread of ideas from one culture to another	42
7206624188	Diplomacy	Negotiation between nations	43
7206624189	Diversity	Variety	44
7206624190	Domestic	relating to issues within a country	45
7206624191	Dualism	seeing mind and body as two different things that interact	46
7209030030	Empire	A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler	47
7209030031	Entrepôt	commercial center where goods are received and reshipped	48
7209030032	Ethic	A system of moral principles.	49
7209030033	Ethnic	A social division based on national origin, religion, language, and often race.	50
7209030034	Fascism	dictatorship	51
7209030035	Feminism	Women should be equal to men	52
7209030036	Feudalism	A system of government based on landowners and tenants	53
7209030037	Foragers	People who search for food	54
7209030038	Free trade	international trade free of government interference	55
7209030039	Frontier	a zone where no state exercises complete political control	56
7209030040	Genocide	Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group	57
7209030041	Global south	Africa Asia Latin America (third world countries)	58
7209030042	-graphy	recording	59
7209030043	Guild	a group of merchants or craftspeople	60
7209030044	Hegemony	domination over others	61
7209030045	Imperialism	Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society.	62
7209030046	Indenture	written contract	63
7209030047	Independence	Freedom	64
7209030048	Industrialization	process of developing machine production of goods	65
7209030049	Laissez-faire	Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.	66
7209030050	Legitimacy	right and proper	67
7209030051	Liberalism	A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.	68
7209030052	Malnutrition	Lack of sufficient nutrients in the body	69
7209030053	Mandarin	an influential person	70
7209030054	maritime	A humid air mass that forms over oceans	71
7209030055	Medieval	Middle Ages	72
7209030056	Mercantilism	belief in the benefits of profitable trading	73
7209030057	Metallurgy	science of working with metals	74
7209030058	Middle class	made up of small planters, independent farmers, and artisans	75
7209030059	Migration	the movement of people from place to place	76
7209030060	Minister	the superior of some religious orders	77
7209030061	Modernity	Related to recent times or the present	78
7209030062	Monarchy	A government ruled by a king or queen	79
7209030063	Monasticism	The practice of living the life of a monk	80
7209030064	Mono-	one	81
7209030065	Monogamy	Having one mate at a time	82
7209030066	Monopoly	A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.	83
7209030067	Mortality	death	84
7209030068	Nation	a politically organized body of people under a single government	85
7209030069	Nation state	A state that is independent of other states	86
7209030070	Nationalism	pride in one's country	87
7209030071	Neo-	new	88
7209030072	NGO	Non-governmental organization	89
7209030073	Nomadic	wandering from place to place	90
7209030074	Optimism	hopefulness and confidence about the future	91
7209030075	Pagan	A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times.	92
7209030076	Paleo-	Old/ancient	93
7209030077	Paternalism	the policy or practice on the part of people in positions of authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those subordinate to them in the subordinates' supposed best interest	94
7209107859	Patriarch	Male head of the family	95
7209107860	Pessimism	gloominess; a belief that the bad guys always win	96
7209107861	Poly-	many	97
7209107862	Polygamy	Having multiple mates at a time	98
7209107863	Proletariat	Working class	99
7209107864	Protectorate	a state that is controlled and protected by another	100
7209107865	Protestant work ethic	Hard work + material success = signs of goods favor	101
7209107866	Proto-	first	102
7209107867	Psycho-	mind	103
7209107868	Racism	Belief that one race is superior to another	104
7209107869	Rebellion	open defiance of authority	105
7209107870	Reincarnation	The rebirth of a soul in a new body	106
7209107871	Republic	system of government in which officials are chosen by the people	107
7209107872	Revolt	rebellion	108
7209107873	Revolution	a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.	109
7209107874	Rural	Country	110
7209107875	Scholasticism	a way of thinking that combined faith and reason	111
7209107876	Segregation	Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences	112
7209107877	Serfdom	Quality of being a serf or slave	113
7209107878	Shamanism	belief in gods and spirits	114
7209107879	Skepticism	the idea that nothing can ever be known for certain	115
7209107880	Slavery	the practice or system of owning slaves	116
7209107881	Social Darwinism	survival of the fittest	117
7209107882	social democracy	a hybrid system combining a capitalist economy and a government that supports equality	118
7209107883	Socialism	a system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production	119
7209107884	Sovereignty	the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.	120
7209107885	Sphere of Influence	A foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities.	121
7209107886	State	a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.	122
7209107887	Syncretism	a combination of different forms of belief and practice	123
7209107888	Terrorism	targeting random people who are usually civilians with violence for a political purpose.	124
7209107889	The west	the noncommunist states of Europe and North America, contrasted with the former communist states of Eastern Europe	125
7209107890	The left	a group or party favoring liberal, socialist, or radical views.	126
7209107891	The right	a grouping or political party favoring conservative views and supporting capitalist economic principles	127
7209107892	Theocracy	government run by religious leaders	128
7209107893	Third world	Developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America	129
7209107894	Totalitarianism	government control over every aspect of public and private life	130
7209107895	Trust	A group of corporations run by a single board of directors	131
7209107896	Unanimity	complete agreement	132
7209107897	Union	organization to help workers achieve a common goal	133
7209107898	utopian	idealistic or visionary, usually used to describe a perfect society	134
7209107899	Veneration	great respect	135
7209107900	Working class	A social class broadly composed of people working in blue-collar, or manual, occupations.	136
7209107901	World Systems Theory	Explanation for dominant societies exploiting weaker ones	137
7229182532	Pastoralism	Raising livestock	138