AP World History Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards

5373363179	Legion	In the Roman military, 5,000 foot soldiers and supporting cavalry, used normally to mean many	0
5373365454	Consul	One of the two members elected by Roman Republic to lead the senate for a one year term. One consul handled legal aspects of the Republic; the other handled military	1
5373372627	Bureaucracy	Organizations that run the business of the government, Ex: tax collection, military, courts, postal systems, government education systems, historians/poets/librarians, government engineers	2
5373376982	Civil Service	A synonym for bureaucracy	3
5373378228	Democracy	Direct government by the majority vote of citizens; developed in Athens, Greece. Limitations include: every citizen must be involved, population has to stay low, responds slowly in times of crisis, represses minority opinions	4
5373383343	Republic	Government through officials elected as representatives of the people. Developed in Rome in period between 509 BCE-31 CE. Limitations include: can be detached from wishes of citizens, responds slowly in crisis, vulnerable to corruption, repressive to minority opinions	5
5373391964	Synthesis	Making meaningful and persuasive historical and/or cross-disciplinary connections between a given historical issue and other historical contexts, periods, themes, and disciplines (basically comparing things and adding connections) *to gain a synthesis point on an AP exam you must extend the argument by explaining the connections between the argument and one of the following: a) a development in a different historical period, situation, era, or geographical era; or b) a course theme and/or approach to history that is not the focus of the essay	6