AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards

10512409950	Absolutism	the acceptance in absolute principles in political matters/ how something absolute is done	0
10519654253	Agriculture	The science or practice of farming/ farmers	1
10519659438	Aristocracy	The highest class in some societies/ noble or prime minister	2
10519663009	BCE	Before common era	3
10519665167	CE	Common era	4
10519899422	Bias	Prejudice against a single person or group/ Something against someone else	5
10519948965	Bureaucracy	A system of government where the state officials make the decisions instead of the representatives that were elected	6
10523474816	Capitalism	A system of government where the trade is run by a private owner/owners/ Private businesses run trade	7
10523487537	Chiefdom	A hierarchal organization in countries that do not use industrial goods; where it is based on kinship	8
10523503788	City-State	A state that is made up a city and the parts within it/ Sparta or Athens	9
10523511765	Civilization	A part of human development that is the most advanced/ United States	10
10523520164	Classical Era	Time period that was located near the mediterranean sea, with Greece and Rome	11
10523678140	Codify	Arrange into an orderly way/ How something is arranged	12
10523688126	Colonization	Process of taking over a native area/ peoples; mainly by using force/ Going somewhere new to take over	13
10523695312	Commercial	Engaged in commerce/ Commercial businessman	14
10523702695	Contemporary Era	Historical period from 1945 to the present day	15
10523720962	Contextualization	Place or study in context	16
10523727374	Corroboration	Evidence that proves a statement to be true/ used in police cases	17
10523732965	Demography	Study of statistics that show how earth's population is changing	18
10523772841	Dynasty	A line of family who rule a country for an amount of time	19
10523782295	Early Modern Era	Era that occurred right after the middle ages	20
10523796950	Empire	A group of countries or states that is under the rule of one figure with an extreme amount of power	21
10523805361	Ethnocentrism	belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group	22
10523819063	Epidemic	A widespread outbreak of an disease	23
10523822235	Forager	one who searches for food	24
10523824722	Globalization	growth to a global scale	25
10523827909	Hierarchy	rank	26
10523829709	Imperialism	extending your rule over foreign countries	27
10523849165	Indentured servant	A person who is bonded or contracted to work for another for a specified time	28
10523853269	Interregional	between regions	29
10523856142	Kingdom	A place where a large group of people live	30
10523863059	Merchant	A person who makes money by selling goods	31
10523865075	Modern Era	1900-present	32
10523870136	Monotheism	Belief in one God	33
10523871307	Nation	a politically organized body of people under a single government	34
10523872881	Neolithic	New Stone Age	35
10523874702	Nobility	A high-ranking social class	36
10523875680	Nomad	a person who moves from place to place	37
10523877997	Pandemic	Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.	38
10523879585	Papacy	The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head.	39
10523885635	Pastoral	A work of literature dealing with rural life	40
10523887298	Patriarchal	relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority	41
10523888617	Periodization	Division of a training program into smaller, progressive stages	42
10523890324	Polytheism	Belief in many gods	43
10523917043	Post-classical era	600 CE - 1450 CE	44
10523923651	Post-modern era	21 century	45
10523925337	Prehistoric	before written history	46
10523928006	Revolution	a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.	47
10523929949	Rural	relating to farm areas and life in the country	48
10523935537	Scribe	to write	49
10523938603	Sedentary Agriculture	Agriculture that takes place in the immediate surroundings of a permanent settlement	50
10523941194	Serf	A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord	51
10523942826	Slave	a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.	52
10523944452	Socialism	A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.	53
10523946171	State	a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.	54
10523948080	Stateless society	a group of independent villages organized into clans and led by a local ruler or clan head without any central government	55
10523951410	Syncretism	a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith	56
10523952615	Synthesis	combination	57
10523957719	Steppes	Dry Grasslands that stretched north of the Caucasus	58
10523960228	Urban	in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town.	59