AP World History Vocabulary Flashcards

12229185972	BCE	Before Common Era	0
12229186547	CE	Common Era	1
12229186959	Abdicate	renounce one's throne	2
12229188226	Accession	the attainment or acquisition of a position of rank or power, typically that of monarch or president.	3
12229366001	Agrarian	relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.	4
12311941393	Anarchy	(n) a lack of government and law; confusion	5
12311947219	Animism	the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.	6
12311950103	Antiquity	ancient times	7
12311955888	Appeasement	Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict	8
12311958492	Aristocracy	the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.	9
12311961048	Assimulate	to absorb fully or make one's own will; to adapt fully	10
12311967267	Authoritarian	A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power.	11
12311971168	Autocracy	a system of government by one person with absolute power.	12
12311976808	Bureaucracy	a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.	13
12311984843	City-State	a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.	14
12311986856	Civic	relating to a city or town	15
12311992065	Classical	related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome	16
12311995160	Colonial	of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony or colonies.	17
12312000646	Commerce	the buying and selling of goods	18
12312006135	Concubine	a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives	19
12312008793	Conscription	compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.	20
12312010871	Coup	a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government	21
12312016215	Demographic	relating to the structure of populations	22
12312019043	Despot	a dictator with absolute power	23
12312021037	Diaspora	Jews living outside Israel	24
12312140470	Domesticate	to tame; to bring plants or animals under human control	25
12312143537	Dynasty	A series of rulers from the same family	26
12312146050	Egalitarianism	A belief in the equality of all people	27
12312147854	Elite	the choice members or best of a group	28
12312153225	Ethnocentric	evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture.	29
12312155636	Feudalism	the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown	30
12312160474	Genocide	the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.	31
12312162390	Gentry	A class of powerful, well-to-do people who enjoy a high social status	32
12312951044	Guild	A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people.	33
12312962856	Hiearchy	a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.	34
12312972765	Homogenous	of the same kind	35
12312975576	Ideology	a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.	36
12312978368	Imperialism	A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.	37
12312994266	Indigenous	originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.	38
12312999332	Infrastructure	the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities	39
12313006742	Lineage	ancestry	40
12313009364	Linguistic	relating to language	41
12313012861	Maritime	relating to the sea	42
12313024614	Matrilineal	of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line	43
12313030227	Mercenary	(of a person or their behavior) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.	44
12313034572	Monarchy	a form of government with a monarch at the head.	45
12313036971	Monotheism	Belief in one God	46
12313040329	Nation-State	a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.	47
12313042267	Neolithic	New Stone Age	48
12313043970	Nomadic	wandering	49
12313045805	Oligarchy	A government ruled by a few powerful people	50
12313050809	Pantheon	a group of people held in high esteem for their great achievements	51
12313065255	Papal	having to do with the pope	52
12313067617	Parliament	a legislature similar to parliament in other nations and states.	53
12313086733	Pastoral	concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance	54
12313097605	Patriarchal	Dominated by men	55
12313101585	Patronage	the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.	56
12313104976	Peasant	a poor farmer of low social status who rents a small piece of land for farming	57
12313114737	Pharoah	A ruler of ancient Egypt	58
12313117820	Piety	the quality of being religious or reverent	59
12313119839	Polygamy	having more than one spouse at a time	60
12313121742	Polytheism	belief in more than one god	61
12313124971	Provincial	concerning a province of a country or empire	62
12313128023	Republic	A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting	63
12313130764	Rhetorical	expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress	64
12313136823	Sedentary	doing or requiring a lot of sitting	65
12313139235	Serf	A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord	66
12313141172	Sharia	Islamic law; a combination of the Quran and the Hadith.	67
12313144015	Sinification	extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions	68
12313149596	State	a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.	69
12313152495	Steppe	A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.	70
12313155170	Stratification	the arrangement or classification of something into different groups	71
12313160943	Sub-Sahara	from or forming part of the African regions south of the Sahara desert.	72
12313171062	Subordinate	lower in rank or position	73
12313171063	Succession	process in inheriting a title, office, etc.	74
12313183565	Syncretism	combining of different beliefs	75
12313186320	Textiles	a type of cloth or woven fabric	76
12313188829	Theocracy	a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.	77
12313195909	Theology	the study of religion and God	78
12313198518	Totalitarian	referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control	79
12313205217	Tributary state	a state that is subordinate to a more powerful neighbor	80
12313207865	Tyranny	Cruel and oppressive government or rule	81
12313210099	Urban	in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town.	82
12313212890	Usurp	take illegally or by force	83
12313214834	Vernacular	Everyday language of ordinary people	84