AP World History Flashcards

7137066029	B.C.E.	before (the) common era	0
7137066030	C.E.	common era	1
7137066031	Abdicate	to give up a position, right, or power	2
7137066032	Accession	the act of coming into the possession of a right, title, office, etc.	3
7137066033	Aesthetic	pertaining to beauty	4
7137066034	Agrarian	concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land	5
7137066035	Amenities	convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies	6
7137066036	Anarchy	a lack of government and law; confusion	7
7137066037	Animism	the belief that all things are living	8
7137066038	Antiquity	ancient times	9
7137066039	Appeasement	Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict	10
7137066040	Aristocracy	government headed by a privileged minority or upper class	11
7137066041	Asceticism	Avoidance of indulgence	12
7137066042	Assimilate	to absorb fully; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully	13
7137066043	Authoritarian	like a dictator	14
7137066044	Autocracy	One leader has all of the power	15
7137066045	Barbarism	the incorrect usage of words or forms of language	16
7137066046	Bureaucracy	A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials	17
7137066047	city-state	A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside	18
7137066048	Civic	Having to do with the business of a town or community	19
7137066049	Classical	An age marked by great achievements	20
7137066050	Colonialism	The expansion and perpetuation of an empire.	21
7137066051	Commerce	trade	22
7137066052	Communal	used or shared in common by everyone in a group	23
7137066053	Concubine	mistress; secondary wife	24
7137066054	Conscription	military draft	25
7137066055	cosmopolitan	Worldly or sophisticated	26
7137066056	Coup	the violent overthrow of a government by a small group; a victorious accomplishment	27
7137066057	Demography	the scientific study of population characteristics	28
7137066058	Despot	a dictator with absolute power	29
7137066059	Diaspora	A dispersion of people from their homeland	30
7137066060	Dissent	to disagree	31
7137066061	Dissident	someone who disagrees	32
7137066062	Domestic	Having to do with the home	33
7137066063	Dynasty	A series of rulers from the same family	34
7137066064	Edict	An order issued by someone in authority	35
7137066065	Egalitarian	A person who believes in the equality of all people	36
7137066066	Elite	People of wealth and power	37
7137066067	Emigrate	To leave one country or region and settle in another	38
7137066068	Epic	A long narrative poem	39
7137066069	Ethnocentric	based on the attitude tha one's group is superior	40
7137066070	Feudalism	A system of government based on landowners and tenants	41
7137066071	Genocide	Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group	42
7137066072	Gentry	Wealthy landowning class	43
7137066073	Guild	a group of merchants or craftspeople	44
7137066074	Hierarchy	A group organized by rank	45
7137066075	Hominids	Members of the group of the earliest human species or human like creatures	46
7137066076	Homogeneous	of the same kind	47
7137066077	Ideology	System of thought and belief	48
7137066078	Imperial	of or relating to an empire	49
7137066079	Indigenous	native	50
7137066080	Infrastructure	The basic framework of a building or a system	51
7137066081	Lineage	ancestry	52
7137066082	Linguistic	pertaining to language	53
7137066083	Manifest	clear or obvious to the eye or mind	54
7137066084	Maritime	A humid air mass that forms over oceans; pertaining to the sea	55
7137066085	Martial	Warlike	56
7137066086	Matrilineal	of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line	57
7137066087	Mercenary	a professional soldier hired by a foreign army	58
7137066088	Monarchy	A government ruled by a king or queen	59
7137066089	Monopoly	A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.	60
7137066090	Monotheism	Belief in one God	61
7137066091	Mystical	a spiritual sense beyond human understanding	62
7137066092	nation-state	state that is independent of other states	63
7137066093	Neo	new	64
7137066094	Neolithic	"New Stone Age"	65
7137066095	Nomadic	wandering, moving about from place to place	66
7137066096	Oligarchy	A government ruled by a few powerful people	67
7137066097	Pantheon	A public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation	68
7137066098	Papacy	The period in which a pope is in office (like a term)	69
7137092163	Parliament	A body of representatives that makes laws for a nation	70
7137092164	Pastoral	Having to do with the country	71
7137092165	Patriarchal	Dominated by men.	72
7137092166	Patrilineal	Descent through the male line	73
7137092167	Patronage	the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.	74
7137092168	Peasant	a poor farm worker	75
7137092169	Pharaoh	A ruler of ancient Egypt	76
7137092170	Piety	religious devotion	77
7137092171	Polity	The form of government of a country or other organization	78
7137092172	Polygamy	The practice of having more than one wife at a time	79
7137092173	Polytheism	Belief in more than one god	80
7137092174	Proselytize	to convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause	81
7137092175	Provincial	lacking sophistication, narrow-minded	82
7137092176	Regent	Person who acts as a temporary ruler	83
7137092177	Republic	A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting	84
7137092178	rhetoric	Effective writing or speaking	85
7137092179	Sedentary	(adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place	86
7137092180	Serf	A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord	87
7137092181	Sharia	Islamic law	88
7137092182	Sinification	Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions	89
7137092183	State	a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.	90
7137092184	Steppe	A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.	91
7137092185	Stratification	the process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers	92
7137092186	Sub-saharan	Relating to Africa and the Sahara desert	93
7137092187	subordinate	lower in rank or position	94
7137092188	Succession	Series	95
7137092189	Syncretism	a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith	96
7137092190	Textiles	cloth items	97
7137092191	Theocracy	A government controlled by religious leaders	98
7137092192	Theology	the study of religion	99
7137092193	Totalitarian	relating to an all-controlling government	100
7137092194	tributary state	independent states that give money or tribute to another state	101
7137092195	Tyranny	Cruel and oppressive government or rule	102
7137092196	Urban	found or living in a city	103
7137092197	Usurp	to take over; to seize power	104
7137092198	Vernacular	Everyday language of ordinary people	105