AP World History Unit 5 Vocab Terms (Part 1)

The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

A term given to the philosophy of John Locke and other 17th and 18th century advocates of the protection of individual rights and liberties by limiting government power.

This was the style of capitalism in which the government had no interference with the economy

Philosophy introduced by the Frenchman Charles Fourier in the early nineteenth century. Utopian socialists hoped to create humane alternatives to industrial capitalism by building self-sustaining communities whose inhabitants would work cooperatively

The economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will untimately be superseded

Opposition to any form of government; the theory that all governments should be abolished

(1871-1914) Involved development of chemical, electrical, oil, and steel industries. Mass production of consumer goods also developed at this time through the mechanization of the manufacture of food and clothing. It saw the popularization of cinema and radio. Provided widespread employment and increased production

A market in which shares of stock of a company are bought and sold by investors

Groups of investors pooled their capitals; they only risked the amount they put in, thus making corporations more appealing

Promise of reimbursement in the case of loss

A monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold

is an arrangement for the government to provide people with an income when they are no longer earning a regular income from employment

Large corporations that are headquartered in one country but sell and produce goods and services in many countries

A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution, gave women the right to vote

The elected representative assembly grudgingly created in Russia by Tsar Nicholas II in a response to the 1905 revolution

Labor union organizing method through which all workers in the same industry are organized into the same union

A philosophical movement which started in Europe in the 1700's and spread to the colonies. It emphasized reason and the scientific method. Writers of the enlightenment tended to focus on government, ethics, and science, rather than on imagination, emotions, or religion. Many members of the Enlightenment rejected traditional religious beliefs in favor of Deism, which holds that the world is run by natural laws without the direct intervention of God

The document approved by representatives of the American colonies in 1776 that stated their grievances against the British monarch and declared their independence

This was the new constitution that the National Assembly wrote that gave all citizens free expression of thoughts and opinions and guaranteed equality before the law

An essay published by Mary wollstonecraft. She argued that women, like men, need an education to become vitruous and useful, and encouraged women to enter male dominated fields such as medicine and politics

Written by Olympe de Gouge, this declared that women should have the same rights as were given to men in the new constitution

The first major meeting to discuss equal rights for women in the US, wrote Declaration of Sentiments-drafted after the Declaration of Independence, laid out womens' demands. Reactions: some women felt empowered, others were very critical

Communities of runaway slaves, survival of african traditions such as house designs, community organizations and language in caribbean

The doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery

Free men and women of color in Haiti. They sought greater political rights and later supported the Haitian Revolution

Native born whites who were usually local traders and merchants. They felt prejudice by the French whites and could not hold many positions of power besides being clerks

White plantation owners. Top of the social hierarchy. The grand blancs were the primary opposition to equal right and the abolishment of slavery. They were the primary targets of the revolution

The historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed

The movement aimed at equal rights for women

Military dictator in Latin America

The French national assembly summoned in 1789 to remedy the financial crisis and correct abuses of the ancien regime

The production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques)