AP World History Vocab Flashcards

14632481866	abdicate	to give up a position, right, or power	0
14632481867	accumulation	an increase in amount over a period of time	1
14632481868	agrarian	concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land	2
14632481869	Anti-Semitism	Prejudice against Jews	3
14632481870	Appeasement	Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict	4
14632481871	arable	suitable for growing crops	5
14632481872	archaic	ancient; old-fashioned	6
14632481873	Aristocracy	A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility	7
14632481874	Asceticism	rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint	8
14632481875	Authoritarian	A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power.	9
14632481876	autonomy	(n.) self-government, political control	10
14632481877	Bureaucracy	A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials	11
14632481878	capitulate	to surrender	12
14632481879	casualty	A person killed or injured in a war or accident	13
14632481880	Causation	the action of causing something	14
14632481881	circa	about	15
14632481882	city-state	A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland.	16
14632481883	Chivalry	Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages	17
14632481884	coerce	to compel, force	18
14632481885	commerce	the buying and selling of foods	19
14632481886	commodity	valuable product	20
14632481887	communal	pertaining to a group or community	21
14632481888	concubine	mistress	22
14632481889	conjecture	to guess	23
14632481890	conquest	Capture or taking of something by force	24
14632481891	Conscription	compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.	25
14632481892	Consumerism	a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers	26
14632481893	contingency	possibility	27
14632481894	Continuity	the state of being unchanged over time	28
14632481895	Correlation	A measure of the relationship between two variables	29
14632481896	currency	money	30
14632481897	Deflict	to lack	31
14632481898	deforestation	Destruction of forests	32
14632481899	deity	a god or goddess	33
14632481900	Demography	The scientific study of population characteristics.	34
14632481901	Diffusion	The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time	35
14632481902	Diplomacy	Negotiation between nations	36
14632481903	divinity	a god or goddess; a divine being	37
14632481904	doctrine	a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government	38
14632481905	Domestication	the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food	39
14632481906	Dynasty	A series of rulers from the same family	40
14632481907	egalitarian	promoting equal rights for all people's	41
14632481908	elite	(n.) the choice part of a group of people or things; (adj.) superior	42
14632481909	Eunuch	a castrated man	43
14632481910	fiscal	pertaining to finances	44
14632481911	forage	search for food	45
14632481912	fundamental	basic; primary; essential	46
14632481913	Globalization	growth to a global or worldwide scale	47
14632481914	hegemony	domination over others	48
14632481915	hierarchy	A group organized by rank	49
14632481916	Ideology	a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.	50
14632481917	Inclusivity	how open the organization is to anyone who can perform a job	51
14632481918	indenture	written contract	52
14632481919	infrastructure	the basic framework of a building or a system	53
14632481920	inverse	reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency	54
14632481921	Judiciary	judicial branch of government	55
14632481922	lucrative	bringing in money; profitable	56
14632481923	mandate	(n.) an authoritative command, formal order, authorization; (v.) to issue such an order	57
14632481924	maritime	A humid air mass that forms over oceans	58
14632481925	Metallurgy	the science of working with metals	59
14632481926	Mirgration	movement from one part of something to another.	60
14632481927	Militarism	A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war	61
14632481928	monastic	Relating to or resembling a monastery (where monks or nuns live), esp. by being quiet, secluded, contemplative, strict, and/or lacking luxuries	62
14632481929	monetary	relating to money	63
14632481930	mortality	the state of being subject to death	64
14632481931	Nationalism	A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's countryside	65
14632481932	nobility	A high-ranking social class	66
14632481933	Normadic	wandering, moving about from place to place	67
14632481934	oracle	(Especially in ancient Greece) a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy	68
14632481935	Pagan	A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times.	69
14632481936	Papal	having to do with the pope	70
14632481937	pastoral	A work of literature dealing with rural life	71
14632481938	Patriarchy	A form of social organization in which males dominate females	72
14632481939	Peasents	A poor farmer of low social class, poor uneducated farmer	73
14632481940	Peonage	system by which workers owe labor to pay their debts (slavery)	74
14632481941	quantify	measure	75
14632481942	radical	Favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms.	76
14632481943	reform	to bring back to rightness, order, or morality	77
14632481944	regime	(n.) a government in power; a form or system of rule or management; a period of rule	78
14632481945	revenue	income	79
14632481946	rural	relating to farm areas and life in the country	80
14632481947	Succession	A series of predictable and orderly changes within an ecosystem over time.	81
14632481948	Secular	Non-religious	82
14632481949	sedentary	(adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place	83
14632481950	Serfdom	Feudal system, the use of serfs to work the land in return for protection against barbarian invasions	84
14632481951	Sovereignty	Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.	85
14632481952	status quo	the existing state of affairs	86
14632481953	Stratifaction	a system or formation of layers, classes, or categories	87
14632481954	superiority	the quality of being better than others	88
14632481955	Syncretism	a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith	89
14632481956	Tarrif	A tax on imported foods	90
14632481957	textile	A fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing	91
14632481958	Theocracy	A government controlled by religious leaders	92
14632481959	Totalitarianism	A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)	93
14632481960	urban	in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town.	94
14632481961	utopian	(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical	95
14632481962	veneration	great respect	96
14632481963	Vernacular	Everyday language of ordinary people	97