Foundational Vocabulary for AP World History Flashcards

7110237782	Abate	Become less in amount or intensity	0
7110247624	Absolutism	A political system in which a ruler holds total power	1
7110250789	Adjacent	near, next to, adjoining	2
7110255520	Agrarian	Based on Agriculture for survival	3
7110259260	Agriculture	the practice of farming	4
7110262119	Anthropomorphic	attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods	5
7110268716	Aristocracy	A wealthy ruling class	6
7110279543	Avarice	extreme greed for wealth or material gain	7
7110280891	Bias	A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.	8
7110287581	Buddhism	A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha.	9
7110291024	Bureaucracy	A system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials	10
7110297797	Capital	The seat of government for a state or nation	11
7110299392	Capitalism	An economic system based on private ownership of capital	12
7110305440	Capitulate	To surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms	13
7110307339	Centralized	decisions made at the top; often delegate responsibility without authority	14
7110310507	Charlatan	a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud	15
7110318935	Chattel	an item of personal, movable property; slave	16
7110334796	Chiefdom	A political economy that organizes regional populations through hierarchy of the chiefs	17
7110339003	Christianity	A religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus	18
7110341119	City-State	a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory	19
7110345537	Civilization	A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes	20
7110429216	Clergy	Church officials	21
7110431752	Coerce	To make somebody do something by force or threat	22
7110433176	Colonialism	the control and exploitation of an area by a political power from another territory.	23
7112524317	Colony	A territory ruled by another nation	24
7112524318	Communism	economic system in which all wealth and property are owned by the state	25
7113995049	Confucianism	a belief system based on the ideas of the Chinese thinker Confucius	26
7113380605	Copious	abundant; plentiful; wordy, verbose	27
7113381960	Culture	the collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group	28
7113393716	Daoism	a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature	29
7113977945	Deforestation	a loss of forest cover in a region	30
7113977946	Demography	Scientific study of human populations.	31
7113977947	Derive	To take or receive from a source	32
7113987943	Diaspora	A dispersion of people from their homeland	33
7113987944	Divine	to foretell or know by inspiration	34
7113987945	Dynasty	A series of rulers from the same family	35
7113987946	Economic	the system in a country that involves making, buying, and selling goods	36
7113987947	Edict	An official order	37
7113987948	Egalitarian	promoting equal rights for all people	38
7113987949	Empire	A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler	39
7113987950	Encroach	to trespass	40
7113987951	Epidemic	A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.	41
7113987952	Equitable	fair, just, embodying principles of justice	42
7114008829	Ethnocentrism	Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.	43
7114008830	Feudalism	A system of government based on landowners and tenants	44
7114008831	Forage	to search for food or provisions	45
7114008832	Fundamental	an essential part or foundation	46
7114020559	Genocide	Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group	47
7114020560	Globalization	the increasing interdependence of citizens and nations across the world	48
7114038663	Hegemony	the domination of one state or group over its allies	49
7114038664	Hierarchy	A group organized by rank	50
7114038665	Hinduism	a major religion that developed in ancient India	51
7114038666	Ideology	System of thought and belief	52
7114038667	Imperialism	A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.	53
7114038668	Incursion	an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one	54
7114038669	Indentured Servant	men or women who sold their labor for the cost of a trip from England to the Colonies	55
7114038670	Indignant	Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment	56
7114038671	Industrial	economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories	57
7114038672	Inflation	A general and progressive increase in prices	58
7114038673	Institution	an organization founded and united for a specific purpose	59
7114038674	Intermediary	Acting as a go-between; mediator	60
7114050663	Judaism	the Jewish religion	61
7114050664	Lambast	To criticize harshly	62
7114057987	Legitimate	lawful, rightful; reasonable, justifiable	63
7114057988	Malfeasance	misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official	64
7114057989	Manufacture	To make something, especially on a large scale using machinery.	65
7114057990	Maritime	A humid air mass that forms over oceans	66
7114063874	Matriarchy	A society ruled or controlled by women	67
7114063875	Medieval	of or relating to the Middle Ages	68
7115679739	Merchant	A person who makes money by selling goods	69
7115679740	Monarchy	A government ruled by a king or queen	70
7115679741	Monotheism	Belief in one God	71
7115679742	Munificence	generosity in giving	72
7115679743	Myriad	a countless or extremely great number	73
7115679744	Nation	a politically organized body of people under a single government	74
7115679745	Negligible	Unimportant; insignificant	75
7115679746	Neolithic	"New Stone Age"	76
7115679747	Nobility	A high-ranking social class	77
7115679748	Nomadic	wandering from place to place	78
7115679749	Pagan	a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions	79
7115679750	Pandemic	A global outbreak of an infectious disease	80
7115679751	Papacy	the office or authority of the Pope.	81
7115679752	Pastoral	A work of literature dealing with rural life	82
7115679753	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.	83
7115679754	Periodization	a form or resistance training that may be defined as strategic implementation of specific training phases.	84
7115679755	Placate	To appease, soothe, pacify	85
7115679756	Plethora	excess; overabundance	86
7115679757	Polytheism	Belief in more than one god	87
7115679758	Prehistoric	before written history	88
7115679759	Prevalent	Commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced	89
7115679760	Primary Source	an original document containing firsthand information about a subject	90
7115679761	Prolific	Abundantly productive	91
7115679762	Protestant	a member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation	92
7115679763	Prowess	superior skill or ability	93
7115679764	Rational	reasonable; logical	94
7115679765	Reform	To bring back to rightness, order, or morality	95
7115708185	Regime	A government in power	96
7115708186	Revolution	a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.	97
7115708187	Rural	Countryside	98
7115708188	Scribe	A professional writer	99
7115708189	Secondary Source	Provides information gathered from or based on other sources	100
7115708190	Secular	Non-religious	101
7115708191	Serf	A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord	102
7115708192	Shaman	a person believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick	103
7115708193	Slave	a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.	104
7115708194	State	a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.	105
7115708195	Stratified	arranged in layers	106
7115708196	Subjective	one-sided	107
7115708197	Subjugate	to conquer by force, bring under complete control	108
7115708198	Surplus	more than needed	109
7115708199	Syncretic	A religion that combines several traditions	110
7115708200	Textile	A fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing	111
7115708201	Theocracy	A government controlled by religious leaders	112
7115708202	Tumultuous	Riotous, violently agitated, marked by disturbance or uproar; noisy, chaotic	113
7115708203	Ubiquitous	present or existing everywhere	114
7115708204	Urban	found or living in a city	115
7115708205	Veneration	great respect; reverence	116
7115708206	Xenophobic	intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.	117