AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 7156027695 | Agrarian | Relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land | 0 | |
| 7156027696 | Agriculture | the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops & the rearing of animals to provide products | 1 | |
| 7156027931 | Bureaucracy | System of government in which important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives | 2 | |
| 7156027944 | Centralized Government | Supreme political authority to central body or small group of individuals that is responsible for ensuring the proper function of the economy & all other governing bodies | 3 | |
| 7156028241 | City-State | Surrounding territory forms an independent state | 4 | |
| 7156028242 | Civilization | The society, culture, and way of life of a particular area | 5 | |
| 7156028627 | Codified | arranged (laws or rules) into a systematic code | 6 | |
| 7156028984 | Cultural Diffusion | spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another | 7 | |
| 7156052747 | Demography | the composition of a particular human population | 8 | |
| 7156052748 | Domesticated | (of animals) tame & kept as a pet or on a farm; (of plants) cultivated for food | 9 | |
| 7156052749 | Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country | 10 | |
| 7156053295 | Economic | considered in relation to trade, industry, & the creation of wealth | 11 | |
| 7156053296 | Environment | the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity | 12 | |
| 7156053654 | Filial Piety | a virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, & ancestors | 13 | |
| 7156053655 | Hunter-gatherer | a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, & harvesting wild food | 14 | |
| 7156054130 | Ideology | A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory & policy | 15 | |
| 7156073289 | Indigenous | originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native | 16 | |
| 7156073290 | Kingdom | a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen | 17 | |
| 7156073698 | Matriarchy | system of society or government ruled by a woman or women | 18 | |
| 7156073699 | Mandate of Heaven | Idea that there could be only 1 legitimate ruler of China & that this ruler had the blessing of the gods | 19 | |
| 7193320209 | Metallurgy | the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification | 20 | |
| 7193320210 | Migration | Movement from one part of something to another | 21 | |
| 7193320801 | Nation | A large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory | 22 | |
| 7193320802 | Neolithic Revolution | wide-scale transition of human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering making possible an increasingly larger population | 23 | |
| 7193321565 | Nomad/Nomadic | One roaming about for pasture; a member of a community of people who live in different locations, moving from one place to another | 24 | |
| 7193321566 | Paleolithic | Relating to or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, when primitive stone implements were used. | 25 | |
| 7193321920 | Pastoral Nomads | Depending on domesticated livestock, migrate in an established territory to find pasturage for their animals | 26 | |
| 7193323493 | Pastoralist | A sheep or cattle farmer | 27 | |
| 7193381826 | Pattern | An arrangement or sequence regular found in comparable events | 28 | |
| 7193382768 | Patriarchy | A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family | 29 | |
| 7193382769 | Periodization | process of categorizing the past into discrete of time in order to facilitate the analysis of history | 30 | |
| 7193383432 | Primary Source | Artifact, document, diary, recording, autobiography, etc that was created at the time under study | 31 | |
| 7193383771 | Push-Pull Factor | Forcefully push people to migration or attract them | 32 | |
| 7193383772 | Revolution | Forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system | 33 | |
| 7193384247 | Scholar-Gentry | Civil servants appointed by emperor of China to perform daily governance from Han dynasty | 34 | |
| 7193384268 | Sedentary | inhabiting the same locality throughout life; not migratory or nomadic | 35 | |
| 7193416148 | Specialization of labor | powerful force in economy, benefiting small and large business alike | 36 | |
| 7193416149 | Syncretic | attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties in philosophy or religion | 37 | |
| 7193417270 | Veneration | great respect; reverence | 38 | |
| 7193417271 | Tributary State | state that is subordinate to a more powerful neighbor | 39 |