AP Vocabulary
AP World History is a college level course using college textbooks. As a result,
there is an expectation that students will have a college level vocabulary. Since this
course is taught in high school it is expected that you develop a working knowledge of
these terms. These terms are frequently used in college textbooks and found in AP test
questions. Some of these terms are specific to the study of history and others are terms
that have a different connotation when applied to AP world history or the AP Exam.
Define and explain in context. There will be a vocabulary test the first month of school
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Demography
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Society
Theocracy
Oligarchy
Bureaucracy
Dynasty
Monarchy
Republic
Empire
Commerce
BCE
CE
Cultural diffusion
Syncretism
Ethnocentrism
Matrilineal
Pastoral
Pastoral nomads
Tribute systems
Aryans
Bedouins
Bantu
Filial piety
Patriarchal
Feudal
Absolutism
Capitalism
Monotheism
Polytheism
Austerity
Asceticism
Nationalism
Sinification
Emancipation
Civilization
Revolution
Edict
Alliance
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Indigenous
Interdependence
Matriarchal
Shamanism
Kinship
Facilitate
Foraging
Deity
Kinship groups
Pantheon
Sedentary
Social hierarchy
Stratification
The State
Civil service
Periodization
Exemplify
Incite
Tribe
Semitic
Ecumene
Fiscal policy
Spur (verb)
Nation Building
Gender roles
Neolithic
Lineage
Domestication
Scribes
Cultural Region
Divination
Nomadic
Elites
Historiography
Socialism
Public works projects
Agricultural staples
Monumental
Architecture
78. Coercive Labor
Systems
79. Tenet
80. Codify
81. Anthropomorphic
82. Dichotomy
83. Autonomy
84. Exploit (verb & noun)
85. Abrogate
86. Infrastructure
87. Interpolate
88. Precipitous
89. Lexicon
90. Omnipotent
91. Paradigm
92. Secular
93. Nonsectarian
94. Enfranchise
95. Homogeneous
96. Subjugate
97. Pecuniary
98. Reparation
99. Nihilism
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Tempestuous
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