AP World History Vocab Flashcards

7514184731	absolute monarchy	Ruled by a king or queen whose actions are not restricted by a written law or by custom	0
7514184732	bureaucracy	A system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials	1
7514184733	centralized state	country/city where all powers of government come from one central location	2
7514184734	citizenship	informed and active membership in a political community	3
7514184735	coercive	using force or threats to make someone do something	4
7514184736	public works	projects built by the government for public use	5
7514184737	supernatural sanction to rule	when officials claim religious connection in order to rule a society	6
7514184738	cultural diffusion	The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another	7
7514184739	cultural assimilation	Absorption of a culturally distinct group into a dominant or prevailing culture	8
7514184740	ambivalent	having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone	9
7514184741	assuage	to persuade	10
7514184742	social stratification	A system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy	11
7514184743	political structure	look it up (good luck), you should know what it is :)	12
7514184744	corvee labor	Unpaid/forced labor required by a governing authority	13
7514184745	scholar official	an educated member of the government	14
7514184746	scholar gentry	The Chinese class of well-educated men from whom many of the bureaucrats were chosen. Have land	15
7514184747	eunuch	castrated male	16
7514184748	landed estate	Aristocratic (elite) landholdings	17
7514184749	serf	A person who is bound to land and owned by a feudal lord	18
7514184750	outcaste	People who don't belong to any caste	19
7514184751	aristocrat	A member of a rich and powerful family	20
7514184752	animism	belief in a supernatural power that gives life (animates) the world	21
7514184753	shamanism	belief in a supernatural world of spirits responsive to a priest or shaman	22
7514184754	ancestor veneration	belief in supernatural powers of ancestors who have died	23
7514184755	legalism	strict laws and harsh punishments make a good society	24
7514184756	Confucianism	social harmony through moral example; secular outlook; importance of education; a good society is created by proper social relationships	25
7514184757	Daoism	withdrawal from the world into contemplation of nature; simple living; end of striving	26
7514184758	Hinduism	vedic religion (in Sanskrit) became Hinduism; Polytheistic-multiple manifestations of Brahman. Also believe in reincarnation and supports the caste system	27
7514184759	Buddhism	suffering caused by desire/attachment; end of suffering through modest and moral living and meditation practice. 4 Noble Truths, Eightfold path, and belief in reincarnation	28
7514184760	Judaism	monotheistic: transcendent high god; covenant with chosen people; social justice	29
7514184761	Greek rationalism	style of persistent questioning; secular explanation of nature and human life.	30
7514184762	Christianity	supreme importance of love based on intimate relationship with god; at odds with established authorities. A religion for all; salvation through faith in Jesus Christ	31
7514184763	Yahweh	Hebrew name for God	32
7514184764	piety	religious devotion	33
7514184765	austere	stern, severe; plain	34
7514184766	filial piety	respect shown by children for their parents and elders	35
7514184767	aristocrats	rich landowners	36
7514184768	social justice	upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles	37
7514184769	moksha	the goal of Hindu liberation (freedom from the cycle)	38
7514184770	diaspora	the dispersion of any people from their original homeland.	39
7514184771	Zoroastrianism	Persian religion; good vs evil; heaven and hell concept	40