AP World Vocabulary Flashcards

5540260993	Abate	to reduce in amount, degree, or severity	0
5540260994	Absolutism	The practice of a political system in which a monarch or dictator has unrestricted power.	1
5540260995	Adjacent	Next to.	2
5540260996	Agrarian	Someone working with the cultivation of land or relating to cultivating land.	3
5540260997	Agriculture	Farming. Cultivating land, producing crops, and raising livestock.	4
5540260998	Anthropomorphic	Having human characteristics. attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods	5
5540260999	Aristocracy	A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility	6
5540261000	Avarice	Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.	7
5540261001	Bias	A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.	8
5540261002	Buddhism	A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha. A religion of eastern and central Asia growing out of the teaching of Gautama Buddha that suffering is inherent in life and that one can be liberated from it by mental and moral self-purification.	9
5540261003	Bureaucracy	A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.	10
5540261004	Capital	the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.	11
5540261005	Capitalism	A system under which the ownership of land and wealth is for the most part in the hands of private individuals.	12
5540261006	Capitulate	To stop fighting an enemy or opponent : to admit that an enemy or opponent has won.	13
5540261007	Centralized	Things that are in different places, are brought together to a single, specific point or place.	14
5540261008	Charlatan	a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud.	15
5540261009	Chattel	something (such as a slave, piece of furniture, tool, etc.) that a person owns other than land or buildings	16
5540261010	Chiefdom	Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful than kingdoms and empires, chiefdoms were based on gift giving and commercial links The territory or people over which a chief rules.	17
5540261011	Christianity	A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior.	18
5540261012	City-State	a) A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. b) An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory	19
5540261013	Civilization	A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes	20
5540261014	Clergy	Church officials	21
5540261015	Coerce	To compel, force	22
5540261016	Colonialism	Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.	23
5540261017	Colony	A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.	24
5540261018	Communism	A political and economic system where factors of production are collectively owned and directed by the state.	25
5540261019	Confucianism	Chinese belief system from 500s BCE that emphasized family loyalty, respecting elders, education, obedience, and ancestors.	26
5540261020	Copious	Abundant; plentiful	27
5540261021	Culture	Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.	28
5540261022	Daoism	Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns; a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature.	29
5540261023	Deforestation	The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.	30
5540261024	Demography	Scientific study of human populations.	31
5540261025	Derive	To take or receive from a source	32
5540261026	Diaspora	A dispersion of people from their homeland	33
5540261027	Divine	(adj.) godly, exceedingly wonderful.	34
5540261028	Dynasty	A series of rulers from the same family	35
5540261029	Economic	Pertaining to the production, distribution and use of income, wealth and commodities.	36
5540261030	Edict	An authorized proclamation or command.	37
5540261031	Egalitarian	The belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic or social life.	38
5540261032	Empire	An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch	39
5540261033	Encroach	To intrude on a person, territory, rights, personal life etc.	40
5540261034	Epidemic	A wide spread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.	41
5540261035	Equitable	Fair, just, impartial. Dealing fairly and equally with all concerned.	42
5540261036	Ethnocentrism	The belief that ones own belief is more superior	43
5540261037	Feudalism	A social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return	44
5540261038	Forage	To search widely for food or provisions.	45
5540261039	Fundamental	serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying.	46
5540261040	Genocide	the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.	47
5540261041	Globalization	The act of globalizing or extending to other or all parts of the world. the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.	48
5540261042	Hegemony	the domination of one state or group over its allies	49
5540261043	Hierarchy	A group organized by rank	50
5540261044	Hinduism	A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms	51
5540261045	Ideology	A consistent set of beliefs by groups/individuals	52
5540261046	Imperialism	A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.	53
5540261047	Incursion	sudden or breif invasion	54
5540261048	Indentured Servant	Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years	55
5540261049	Indignant	Feeling anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	56
5540261050	Industrial	of or relating to factories, the people who work in factories, or the things made in factories	57
5540261051	Inflation	A general and progressive increase in prices	58
5540261052	Institution	an organization founded and united for a specific purpose	59
5540261053	Intermediary	acting as a mediator in order to try to bring about an agreement or reconciliation	60
5540261054	Judaism	A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament.	61
5540261055	Lambast	criticize severely or angrily	62
5540261056	Legitimate	lawful, rightful; reasonable, justifiable	63
5540261057	Malfeasance	an illegal act, especially by a public official	64
5540261058	Manufacture	to make, create, or produce	65
5540261059	Maritime	of or relating to sailing on the sea or doing business (such as trading) by sea	66
5540261060	Matriarchy	a family, group, or government controlled by a woman or a group of women	67
5540261061	Medieval	referring to the Middle Ages	68
5540261062	Merchant	A person who makes money by selling goods	69
5540261063	Monarchy	A government ruled by a king or queen	70
5540261064	Monotheism	The belief in only one God.	71
5540261065	Munificence	generosity in giving	72
5540261066	Myriad	A very large number	73
5540261067	Nation	a large area of land that is controlled by its own government	74
5540261068	Negligible	so unimportant that it can be disregarded	75
5540261069	Neolithic	of, relating to, or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed.	76
5540261070	Nobility	the quality or state of being noble in character, quality, or rank	77
5540261071	Nomad (ic)	a member of a group of people who move from place to place instead of living in one place all the time	78
5540261072	Pagan	A follower of a polytheistic religion	79
5540261073	Pandemic	An epidemic that is geographically widespread and affects a large proportion of the population	80
5540261074	Papacy	the office or position of the pope	81
5540261075	Parity	equality, as in amount, status, or value	82
5540261076	Pastoral	of or relating to the countryside or to the lives of people who live in the country. of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen devoted to or based on livestock raising	83
5540261077	Patriarchy	a family, group, or government controlled by a man or a group of men	84
5540261078	Periodization	division (as of history) into periods	85
5540261079	Placate	to cause (someone) to feel less angry about something	86
5540261080	Plethora	A large or excessive amount of something.	87
5540261081	Polytheism	The belief in multiple Gods.	88
5540261082	Prehistoric	of, relating to, or existing in the time before people could write	89
5540261083	Prevalent	widespread in a particular area or at a particular time.	90
5540261084	Primary Source	a first-hand account of an event, person, or place (official document, diary, letter, historical photograph, oral testimony).	91
5540261085	Prolific	producing a large amount of something	92
5540261086	Protestant	A person in a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.	93
5540261087	Prowess	great ability or skill	94
5540261088	Rational	based on facts or reason and not on emotions or feelings	95
5540261089	Reform	the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.	96
5540261090	Regime	A government in power	97
5540261091	Revolution	the usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one	98
5540261092	Rural	of or relating to the country and the people who live there instead of the city	99
5540261093	Scribe	a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.	100
5540261094	Secondary Source	any source about an event, period, or issue in history that was produced after that event, period or issue has passed	101
5540261095	Secular	not connected with religious or spiritual matters.	102
5540261096	Serf	an agricultural labourer bound by the feudal system who was tied to working on his lord's estate.	103
5540261097	Shaman	someone who is believed in some cultures to be able to use magic to cure people who are sick, to control future events, etc.	104
5540261098	Slave	someone who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for that person without pay	105
5540261099	State	a: A politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government is recognized by the international community. b: the overall physical condition of something	106
5540261100	Stratified	Something that is divided or arranged into classes, castes, or social strata	107
5540261101	Subjective	Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.	108
5540261102	Subjugate	to defeat and gain control of (someone or something) by the use of force	109
5540261103	Surplus	an amount that is more than the amount that is needed	110
5540261104	Syncretic	A combination of different forms of belief or practice	111
5540261105	Textile	a fabric that is woven or knit	112
5540261106	Theocracy	The type of government in which a country is ruled by religious leaders	113
5540261107	Tumultuous	noisy and disorderly	114
5540261108	Ubiquitous	Being everywhere at the same time	115
5540261109	Urban	of or relating to cities and the people who live in them	116
5540261110	Veneration	respect or awe inspired by the dignity, wisdom, dedication, or talent of a person	117
5540261111	Xenophobic	Fear of foreigners	118
7608628609	Itinerant	traveling from place to place.	119