AP world history Flashcards

10430243260	B.C.E.	before the common era	0
10430247690	C.E.	common era	1
10430248657	abdicate	to give up a position, right, or power	2
10430253412	accession	the attainment or acquisition of a position of rank or power, typically that of monarch or president	3
10430275508	aesthetic	Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and appreciation of art, beauty and good taste	4
10430287527	agrarian	any society whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland	5
10430300842	amenities	a desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place	6
10430304126	anarchy	(n) a lack of government and law; confusion	7
10430305384	animism	Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.	8
10430306461	antiquity	the quality of being ancient; ancient times	9
10430307425	Appeasement	Satisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability.	10
10430313201	aristocracy	A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility	11
10430318055	asceticism	severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.	12
10430319356	assimilate	(v.) to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully	13
10430319962	Authoritarian	A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power.	14
10430320675	barbarism	uncivilized, brutal behavior; cruelty; a nonstandard word or expression	15
10430323010	bureaucracy/bureaucrats	a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.	16
10430323898	city-state	a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.	17
10430325229	civic	Having to do with the business of a town or community	18
10430325788	classical	An age marked by great achievements 1750-1820	19
10430328151	commerce	the buying and selling of goods; trade	20
10430331175	communal	held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune	21
10430332357	concubine	a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives	22
10430334727	Conscription	compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.	23
10430335641	cosmopolitan	familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures; sophisticated	24
10430337080	coup	the violent overthrow of a government by a small group; a victorious accomplishment	25
10430343543	demography/demographic	the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.	26
10430344866	despot	a ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people	27
10430345619	Diaspora	any group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion. Particularly used in relation to Jews scattered by Romans in 70 CE or to Africans spread to new places during the Atlantic Slave Trade.	28
10430346129	dissent	(v.) to disagree; (n.) disagreement	29
10430347017	dissident	someone who disagrees/ rebel	30
10430350419	dynasty/dynastic	a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group	31
10430353492	edict	an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority	32