Foundational Vocabulary for AP World History Flashcards

10324030239	Agrarian	Based on Agriculture for survival	0
10324030240	Agriculture	the practice of farming	1
10324030241	Animism	A type of religious belief that focuses on the roles of the various god and spirits in the natural world and in human events	2
10324030242	Aristocracy	A wealthy ruling class	3
10324030244	Bias	A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.	4
10324030245	Buddhism	A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha.	5
10324030246	Bureaucracy	A system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials	6
10324030247	Capital	The seat of government for a state or nation	7
10324030248	Capitalism	An economic system based on private ownership of capital	8
10324030249	Capitulate	To surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms	9
10324030250	Centralized	decisions made at the top; often delegate responsibility without authority	10
10324030252	Chattel	an item of personal, movable property; slave	11
10324030254	Christianity	A religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus	12
10324030255	City-State	a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory	13
10324030256	Civilization	A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes	14
10324030257	Clergy	Church officials	15
10324030258	Coerce	To make somebody do something by force or threat	16
10324030259	Colonialism	the control and exploitation of an area by a political power from another territory.	17
10324030260	Colony	A territory ruled by another nation	18
10324030261	Communism	economic system in which all wealth and property are owned by the state	19
10324030262	Confucianism	a belief system based on the ideas of the Chinese thinker Confucius	20
10324030264	Culture	the collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group	21
10324030265	Daoism	a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature	22
10324030266	Deforestation	a loss of forest cover in a region	23
10324030267	Demography	Scientific study of human populations.	24
10324030269	Diaspora	A dispersion of people from their homeland	25
10324030270	Divine	to foretell or know by inspiration	26
10324030271	Dynasty	A series of rulers from the same family	27
10324030272	Economic	the system in a country that involves making, buying, and selling goods	28
10324030273	Edict	An official order	29
10324030274	Egalitarian	promoting equal rights for all people	30
10324030275	Empire	A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler	31
10324030277	Epidemic	A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.	32
10324030278	Equitable	fair, just, embodying principles of justice	33
10324030279	Ethnocentrism	Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.	34
10324030280	Feudalism	A system of government based on landowners and tenants	35
10324030281	Forage	to search for food or provisions	36
10324030282	Fundamental	an essential part or foundation	37
10324030283	Genocide	Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group	38
10324030284	Globalization	the increasing interdependence of citizens and nations across the world	39
10324030285	Hegemony	the domination of one state or group over its allies	40
10324030286	Hierarchy	A group organized by rank	41
10324030287	Hinduism	a major religion that developed in ancient India	42
10324030288	Ideology	System of thought and belief	43
10324030289	Imperialism	A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.	44
10324030291	Indentured Servant	men or women who sold their labor for the cost of a trip from England to the Colonies	45
10324030293	Industrial	economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories	46
10324030294	Inflation	A general and progressive increase in prices	47
10324030295	Institution	an organization founded and united for a specific purpose	48
10324030297	Judaism	the Jewish religion	49
10324030299	Legitimate	lawful, rightful; reasonable, justifiable	50
10324030301	Manufacture	To make something, especially on a large scale using machinery.	51
10324030302	Maritime	A humid air mass that forms over oceans	52
10324030303	Matriarchy	A society ruled or controlled by women	53
10324030304	Medieval	of or relating to the Middle Ages	54
10324030305	Merchant	A person who makes money by selling goods	55
10324030306	Monarchy	A government ruled by a king or queen	56
10324030307	Monotheism	Belief in one God	57
10324030310	Nation	a politically organized body of people under a single government	58
10324030311	Negligible	Unimportant; insignificant	59
10324030312	Neolithic	"New Stone Age"	60
10324030313	Nobility	A high-ranking social class	61
10324030314	Nomadic	wandering from place to place	62
10324030315	Pagan	a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions	63
10324030316	Pandemic	A global outbreak of an infectious disease	64
10324030317	Papacy	the office or authority of the Pope.	65
10324030318	Pastoral	A work of literature dealing with rural life	66
10324030319	Patriarchy	a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line.	67
10324030320	Periodization	a form or resistance training that may be defined as strategic implementation of specific training phases.	68
10324030323	Polytheism	Belief in more than one god	69
10324030324	Prehistoric	before written history	70
10324030325	Prevalent	Commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced	71
10324030326	Primary Source	an original document containing firsthand information about a subject	72
10324030327	Prolific	Abundantly productive	73
10324030328	Protestant	a member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation	74
10324030330	Rational	reasonable; logical	75
10324030331	Reform	To bring back to rightness, order, or morality	76
10324030332	Regime	A government in power	77
10324030333	Revolution	a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.	78
10324030334	Rural	Countryside	79
10324030335	Scribe	A professional writer	80
10324030336	Secondary Source	Provides information gathered from or based on other sources	81
10324030337	Secular	Non-religious	82
10324030338	Serf	A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord	83
10324030339	Shaman	a person believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick	84
10324030340	Slave	a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.	85
10324030342	social stratification	a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy	86
10324030343	Subjective	Based on personal opinions, feelings, and attitudes; not objective	87
10324030344	Subjugate	to conquer by force, bring under complete control	88
10324030345	Surplus	more than needed	89
10324030346	Syncretic	A religion that combines several traditions	90
10324030348	Theocracy	A government controlled by religious leaders	91
10324030351	Urban	found or living in a city	92
10324030352	Veneration	great respect; reverence	93
10324030353	Xenophobic	intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.	94
10324078090	Conservative (political)	A person who believes government power, particularly in the economy, should be limited in order to Maxine individual freedom	95
10324078091	Diffusion	The spread of items from one place to another	96
10324078092	Domestication	the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food	97
10324078093	Eurocentrism	The process of focusing on European culture or history to the exclusion of a wider view of the world; implicitly regarding European culture as preeminent	98
10324078098	Filial Piety	a virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors	99
10324078099	irrigation	the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.	100
10324078100	Liberal	A political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution	101
10324078101	Polygamy	The custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time	102
10326395768	Absolutism	A political system in which a ruler holds total power	103