AP World History Period 3 Flashcards

11126489496	iconoclast	a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions; historically - leaders against the celebration of religious artwork	0
11126489497	theocracy	A government controlled by religious leaders, very limited separation between church and state	1
11126489498	schism	split, division	2
11126489499	theme system	made land available to the peasants in return for military service	3
11126489500	monasteries	religious communities where followers give up their possessions and devote their lives to serving their god(s) and/or religious traditions	4
11126489501	icons	religious images	5
11126489502	heresy	the crime of believing something that goes against established doctrine/common religious beliefs	6
11126489503	orthodox	following the traditional and established way of doing things, especially in religion	7
11126489504	centralized government	central authority controls the running of a state usually from a central city	8
11126489505	pastoralists	nomads who kept herds of livestock on which they depended for most of their food	9
11126489506	bureaucracy	a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by different levels of non-elected officials, usually used as a negative term	10
11126489507	patriarchy	A form of social organization in which males dominate (hold more power than) females	11
11126489508	strait	A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water	12
11126489509	hierarchy	a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority	13
11126489510	infrastructure	systems or network serving a country, city, or area - such as transportation, communication, electrical, sewage, and education systems	14
11126489511	surplus	extra	15
11126489512	The Steppe	a large area of flat, unforested grassland in southeastern Europe and central Asia, historically home to nomadic, pastoralist groups like the Huns and Mongols	16
11126489513	context	the circumstances, attitudes, and events surrounding and influencing a particular situation	17
11126489514	unification	the joining of separate parts, such as kingdoms, into one	18
11126489515	expansion	the act of increasing (something) in size or quantity or scope	19
11126489516	flourish	to thrive, to grow well	20
11126489517	innovation	an improvement in technology or way of doing things	21
11126489518	diffusion	spread outward	22
11126489519	emerge	develop and become recognized	23
11126489520	synthesis	combining different parts into a whole	24
11126489521	interregional	something share between multiple regions	25
11126489522	significant	important and meaningful	26
11126489523	luxury goods	products that have special qualities that make them more expensive/valuable than "regular" or common products	27