AP WORLD HISTORY HOMEWORK Flashcards

10316425938	Aristocracy	nobility; ruling class based on heredity and privilege	0
10316429217	BCE	before the Common Era	1
10316429671	Bureaucracy	system of non-elected government officials	2
10316432745	CE	the Common Era	3
10316433908	Chronology	understanding based on the arrangement of events in time and the close study of dates	4
10316437224	Civilization	a complex form of human organization; a society defined by shared values and institutions	5
10316440085	Class structure	the organization of unequal social strata within a particular society	6
10316442592	Continuity	uninterrupted pattern, something that goes on or repeats without essential change	7
10316444401	Culture	basic beliefs and assumptions, often also expressed in the arts	8
10316446487	Democracy	a government carried out by the people or representatives they have elected	9
10316447830	Demography	the characteristics of a human population, or the study of those characteristics	10
10316452523	Diplomacy	the development of relationships among different governments	11
10316454959	Dynasty	a succession of rulers from one family; period of time defined by leadership of such succession	12
10316456739	Economy	system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and/or services in a particular society or group of societies	13
10316458655	Empire	the domain ruled by an emperor or empress, often characterized by absolute power or authoritarian rule; sometimes involves territorial expansion	14
10316461810	Epidemic	widespread outbreak of infectious disease	15
10316462804	Evolution	genetic changes or developments in population or societies over a period of time	16
10316465065	Exchange	trade or transfer of goods, services, and diseases within or among populations, cultures, or societies	17
10316468624	Government	organization or administration that is in charge of a political unit	18
10316470232	Imperialism	policy of extending rule or authority over another country or region	19
10316471444	Kinship system	system of social relationships and often family characterizing a particular society	20
10316473509	Leisure	time spent away from work	21
10316474198	Merchant	businessperson engaged in buying and/or selling of goods	22
10316475077	Migration	movement of people from one country or world region to another	23
10316476033	Military	of or relating to warfare; system developed within a society for carrying out warfare	24
10316477750	Missionary	a person, religion, or philosophy aiming to convert others to a particular cause or belie system	25
10316480145	Nation	group of people politically organized under a single government with explicit geographical boundaries, often claiming a distinctive culture and cultural coherence	26
10376295764	Nation-state	political unit comprised of an autonomous state, populated by people who tend to share common culture and history	27
10376299395	Nationalism	devotion to the interests and development of one's nation; often includes belief in the supremacy of one's nation over others	28
10376301455	Nomad	person or group of people with no defined home or territory; roaming lifestyle pattern, usually in a herding economy	29
10376303637	Patriarchy	system of social and/or familial organization based on the supremacy or centrality of the father or other males	30
10376306513	Peasant	member of a social class comprised of farmers usually tightly tied to village structures	31
10376332677	Periodization	the system historians use to define change and a resultant coherent set of trends, dividing chronology into periods	32
10376334138	Race	characterization of people based on inherited ethnic characteristics, often associated with skin color	33
10376348977	Regime	political organization governing a society; government and rulers	34
10376358936	Region	a specific geographical area	35
10376360235	Religion	system of beliefs and rituals focused on ethics, a divine order, and the afterlife	36
10376361007	Revolution	drastic and far-reaching change, can be used to refer to either political or social changes of great magnitudes revolution can also mean a violent uprising from below that seeks to alter political and social structures	37
10376363997	Science	systematic set of knowledge usually based on facts, truths or ideas that can be proven; usually focused on the workings of nature	38
10376367248	Secular	not related to religion nor spiritually	39
10376369964	Slavery	bondage; human labor owned and controlled by other people usually without pay and sometimes characterized by inhumane treatment	40
10376385215	Society	enduring social group whose members have organized patterns of interaction through trade, culture, and/or poltics	41
10376386699	State	nation (or other political unit) or organized government	42
10376387626	Syncretism	process in which beliefs or practice blend features from different groups or societies in contact	43
10376389578	Technology	pratical application of science to industry, knowledge, or daily life	44
10376390730	Topography	shape or features or an area of the Earth's surface	45
10376392022	Trade	commercial exchange of goods and/or services	46
10376400929	Tradition	long-standing custom; inherited pattern of thought of behavior	47
10376412824	Tribe	a social divison or group of people, sometimes a family, who live or travel together	48
10376414060	Urban	relating to a city or other area of dense population	49