A.P. World History General Vocabulary

A.D. (Anno Domini): in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born C.E. (Current Era): the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth

The acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters

The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain.

The most powerful members of a society

Before Christ/Before Current Era

Influence in an unfair way

An administrative organization that relies on nonelective officials and regular procedures

A political organization ruled by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns (less powerful than kingdoms and empires).

A city and its surrounding lands that act as a government

A society in an advanced state of social development

The protection or promotion of the interests of consumers

The scientific study of human populations

Noticeable changes in population data, including numbers of people, sizes of ethnic groups, etc.

The spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another

The art or act of predicting the future or discovering hidden knowledge

A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

Exchanges of goods and services between people

For the government to lead.

The method used by a society to produce and distribute goods and services

A group of countries under a single authority

A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease

One who searches for food by hunting or gathering

People who were always demanded to work in agricultural fields, such as slaves and servants

To do something to help one the global economy.

A change that affects the everyone.

Massive migration to single city, creates primate cities

To expand an empire

Laborers who agree to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America

Permanent movement from one region to another

A monarchy with a king or queen as head of state

A relationship between two parties that is equally attractive to both sides.

Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages

Someone who buys and sells goods for a living

Belief in a single God

A nation composed of multiply independently running states.

The period of the Stone Age associated with the beginning of agriculture, before writing and bronze tools

A high-ranking social class

A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons

A massive body of salt water

Relating to the early phase of the Stone Age

Widespread or general (usually a disease)

The government of the Roman Catholic Church

Having to do with country life

Relating to a society in which men hold the greatest authority

Historian's attempt to break down history into manageable segments

The way a country's political system shapes, promotes, checks, or absorbs the challenges it confronts from organized civil society

The belief in multiple Gods

Belonging to or existing in times before recorded history

An original source that informs directly, not through another person's explanation or interpretation

The overthrow of a government by those who are governed

To write

A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event

A peasant bound to the lord's land (not a slave)

The healing specialist of a tribe who attempts to control the spirits thought to cause a disease or injury; commonly called a witch doctor

A servant who is owned by his or her master

A politically organized body of people under a single government

Dry, grass-covered plains

A regularly used system of exchanging goods

Having to do with cities or towns