AP World History Summer Vocabulary Flashcards

10290714241	B.C.E	Before Common Era or the year 1 C.E. (B.C.E. is also known as B.C. or Before Christ)	0
10290714242	C.E	Common Era	1
10290720980	Abdicate	To renounce the thrown (in terms of a monarch/ruler); To relinquish power	2
10290726823	Accession	The attainment of power typically pertaining to a monarch or president (or any other similar figure of power)	3
10290737087	Aesthetic	The idea/concept of what is beautiful; The appreciation of beauty or good taste	4
10290767104	Agrarian	Relating to rural matters	5
10290770318	Amenities	Things that make you comfortable and at ease; luxuries/wants or supplements	6
10290774133	Anarchy	A state of lawlessness and disorder	7
10290776204	Antiquity	A historic period proceeding the middle ages in europe; an old artifact	8
10290780324	Appeasement	The act of acceding to demands; to make peace by satisfying demands	9
10290786268	Animism	The doctrine that all natural beings have souls	10
10290792361	Aristocracy	A privileged class holding hereditary titles (dukes. duchesses. lords etc.)	11
10290795738	Asceticism	Active or rigorous self restraint/denial	12
10290797930	Assimilate	To make alike; to become suited to one's environment	13
10290809230	Authoritarian	Characteristic of an absolute ruler; one who behaves in a tyrannical manner	14
10290819023	Autocracy	A government which favors a single ruler	15
10290821399	Barbarism	A brutal or savage act, inhumane in nature	16
10290826012	Bureaucracy/Bureaucrats	A government ruled by non-elected officials; any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tap	17
10295134668	City-State	A state consisting of a sovereign city	18
10295134669	Civic	Of or relating or belonging to a city	19
10295135419	Classical	Of the most highly developed stage of an early civilization	20
10295135420	Colonial	relating to a body of people who settle far from home (colony)	21
10295135812	Commmerce	The transaction of buying goods or services	22
10295136590	Communal	For or buy a group rather than individuals (community)	23
10295137042	Concubine	A woman who has sexual relations with a high ranking man	24
10295137935	Conscription	Compulsory military service	25
10295137936	Cosmopolitan	Composed of people from many parts of the world	26
10295139093	Coup	A sudden and decisive change in government	27
10295139785	Demography/Demographic	The branch of sociology which studies the characteristics of human population	28
10295140502	Despot	A cruel and oppressive dictator	29
10295140503	Diaspora	The dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture); the body of Jews outside Palestine/modern Israel	30
10295141003	Dissent	A difference in opinion	31
10295141004	Dissident	A person who dissents (disagrees with) an established policy	32
10295141944	Domestic/Domesticate	Of or relating to home; to make for cultivation/service to humans	33
10295143941	Dynasty/Dynastic	A sequence of powerful leaders from the same family (such as the royal family)	34
10344095822	Edict	A formal or authoritative proclamation	35
10344104987	Egalitarian	Favoring social equality	36
10344106206	Elite	A group or class of people who have superior status/intelligence/wealth	37
10344109801	emigrate	To leave a country (immigrate is to enter)	38
10344116461	epic	A long narrative telling of a heroes deeds; very imposing or impressive	39
10344119912	Ethnocentric	Centered on a specific ethnic group (usually your own)	40
10344122330	Feudalism	The social system in which vassals were protected by lords , occuring in both Japan and Medieval Europe	41
10344130636	Genocide	The systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	42
10344134892	Gentry	The mos powerful members of a society	43
10344135708	Guild	A formal association of people wit similar interests/occupations (similar to a workers union)	44
10344137380	Hierarchy	A series of ordered grouping within a system. often referring to class	45
10344137381	Homonids	A member of a family of primate mammals related to humans	46
10344138355	Homogeneous	Of a same or similar kind	47
10348400616	Ideology	An orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation	48
10348410048	Imperial/imperialism	Relating to an empire	49
10348413700	Indigenous	Originating where it is found	50
10348418361	Infrastructure	The basic structure of a system or organization	51
10348421425	Lineage	The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors (family tree)	52
10348442834	Linguistic	Consisting or relating to language	53
10348446943	Manifest	Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment	54
10348453291	Maritime	Relating to ships or navigation	55
10348457285	Martial	Relating to war or military life (martial law is a law imposed by the military)	56
10348464194	Matrilineal	Based on or tracing descent through the female line	57
10348469048	Mercenary	A person hired to fight for another country	58
10348473858	Monarchy	A system of government ruled by one primary leader, who's role was passed through inheritance, not election	59
10348473859	Monopoly/monopolize	Exclusive ownership of a commodity	60
10348474565	Monotheism	Belief in a single god	61
10348474883	Mystical	Beyond ordinary understanding	62
10348475718	Nation-state	A sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descen	63
10348476789	Neo	Recent or new	64
10348476790	Neolithic	The most recent era of the stone age (following mesolithic)	65
10348479302	Nomadic	Of a migratory nature	66
10352867448	Oligarchy	A government ruled by a small group of a few powerful people (usually self appointed)	67
10352944619	Pantheon	A group of people held in high esteem for their great achievements; a group of Gods	68
10352944620	Papal/Papalacy	Pertaining to the pope or Roman Catholic Church	69
10352944621	Parliament/Parliamentary System	The lawmaking body of British government	70
10352944622	Pastoral	concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance in the Catholic Church	71
10352944623	Patriarchal	System in which men hold power in the family, economy, and government	72
10352944624	Patrilineal	Based on or tracing descent through the male line	73
10352944625	Patronage	The power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.	74
10352944626	Peasant	People who worked the land or served the nobles	75
10352944627	Pharaoh	A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.	76
10352944628	Piety	Devotion and reverence to God	77
10352944629	Polity (n)	The form of government of a country or other organization	78
10352944630	Polygamy	The practice of having more than one wife/spouse at a time	79
10352944631	Polytheism	The belief in many gods	80
10352944632	Proselytize	To convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause	81
10352944633	Provincial	Lacking sophistication, narrow-minded	82
10352944634	Regent	A person who rules a country for someone who is unable to rule alone (normally in place of a child)	83
10352944635	Republic	A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives	84
10352944636	Rhetoric	The art of using language effectively and persuasively	85
10352944637	Sedentary	inactive	86
10352944638	Serfs	A person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times	87
10352944639	Sharia	Islamic law; a combination of the Quran and the Hadith.	88
10352944640	Sinification	Extensive adoption of Chinese culture in other regions; typical of Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.	89
10352944641	State	A politically organized body of people under a single government	90
10352944642	Steppe	A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.	91
10352944643	Stratification	The uneven distribution of resources and privileges among participants in a group or culture	92
10352944644	Sub-Saharan Africa	The portion of the African continent south of the Sahara desert	93
10352944645	Subordinate	rank or order as less important or consider of less value	94
10352944646	Succession	The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time	95
10352944647	Syncretism	The blending of unibiblical ideas with Christian theology.	96
10352944648	Textiles	The first industry to be industrialized in the 18th century.	97
10352944649	Theocracy	A government controlled by religious leaders	98
10352944650	Theology	The study of religion	99
10352944651	Totalitarianism	A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens.	100
10352944652	Tributary State	An independent state that must acknowledge its leader and pay tax to him	101
10352944653	Tyranny	Cruel and oppressive government or rule	102
10352944654	Urbanization	Movement of people from rural areas to cities	103
10352944655	Usurp	Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force	104
10352944656	Vernacular	The everyday language of people in a region or country	105