AP World History General Vocabulary Flashcards

7231816211	Absolutism	The political doctrine and practice of unlimited centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, as vested especially in a monarch.	0
7231816212	Agriculture	The science and practice of farming	1
7231823802	Aristocracy	1. The highest class in certain societies 2. A form of government in which power is held by the nobility	2
7231826794	Bias	Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another	3
7231829590	Bureaucracy	A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by the state officials rather than by elected representatives	4
7231833081	Chiefdom	A notional form of sociopolitical organization in which political and economic power is exercised by a single person or group over many communities	5
7231836553	City-States	1. A city with its surrounding territory form an independent state 2. First formed in Sumerian Civilizations, had own rulers, laws, and gods.	6
7231840533	Commercial	Concerned with or engaging in commerce	7
7231841085	Demography	The study of statistics such as births and deaths	8
7231841930	Divination	The practice of seeking future knowledge by supernatural means	9
7231842883	Dynasty	A line of hereditary rulers	10
7231843366	Empire	A group of states or countries under a single authority	11
7231844170	Epidemic	A widespread occurance of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time	12
7231845842	Forager	1. To wander or search for 2. Forage for or Collect	13
7231846498	Globalization	Worldwide movement toward economic, finacial, trade, nd commucation intergration	14
7231852715	Indentured Servant	A person under contract to work for another person for a set time, usually without pay	15
7231853411	Interregional	Relating to or occuring in multiple regions	16
7231854324	Kingdom	A country or state ruled under a king or queen	17
7231855270	Medieval	1. Relating to the Middle Ages 2. Outdated	18
7231856133	Merchant	A person involved in trade	19
7231856549	Monotheism	The doctrine or belief in one God	20
7231857393	Nation	A large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language	21
7231861742	Neolithic	1. Relating to the later part of the Stone Age 2. Ground or Polished stone weapons	22
7231863799	Nobility	1. The group of people belonging to the noble class 2. Hereditary or Honorary title	23
7231865286	Nomad	A member of a people having no permanent abode but travel from place to place	24
7231868463	Pandemic	1. An Outbreak 2. Prevalent over a whole country	25
7231870326	Papacy	Office or authority of the Pope	26
7231870984	Pastoral	1. Related to keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle 2. Concerning the giving of spiritual guidance	27
7231992628	Patriarchal	A system of society or government controlled by men	28
7231994299	Periodization	The act of diviging a subject into historical eras for study	29
7231996537	Polytheism	The belief or worship of more than one God	30
7231998285	Prehistoric	Relating to the period before written records	31
7231999516	Primary Source	Documents created by witnesses	32
7231999950	Revolution	A funamental change in political organization	33
7232002213	Scribe	A persons who copies out documents	34
7232003096	Sea	The expanse of salt water on the earth's surface	35
7232003748	Secondary Source	Not an eyewitness account	36
7232004607	Serf	An agricultural bound under the feudal system to work for his lord's estate	37
7232006035	Shaman	1. A person with influence in the worlds of good and evil 2. Northern Asia and North America	38
7232008182	Slave	Someone who is legal property of someone else	39
7232008652	State	1. A politically organized body of people 2. Defined Territory	40
7232015137	Steppes	A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia	41
7232016247	Urban	Relating to characteristics of cities	42