ap world 10th grade vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abdicate | to resign a throne presidency or position |
| abrogate | to abolish or annul to put an end to invalidate nullify retract dissolve |
| acquisition | the act of acquiring or getting |
| advance | to go forward |
| advocate | to espouse to support to argue for |
| alleviate | to reduce in intensity to make better |
| ameliorate | to make better |
| annexation | taking possession of a territory |
| ante | before (prefix) |
| antebellum | prewar |
| apex | the top |
| apparatus | system machine |
| archipelago | a chain of islands |
| armaments | weapons |
| ascension | rising elevation to |
| autocratic | dictatorial |
| autonomy | self government |
| battalion | an army in battle array a large number of persons |
| bellicose | warlike |
| bourgeoisie | the middle class |
| boyar | Russian noble men |
| capital | money available for investment (also seat of government for a nation) |
| capitalism | an economic system based upon the private/individual ownership of property and the competitive pursuit of profit ; involves little or no government planning/direction (typically present in democracies but may be present in dictatorships) |
| cataract | waterfall |
| caudillo | jefe dictator (latin america) |
| cede | to yeild or grant something |
| clerical | pertaining to clergy |
| coercive | forced |
| commodity | a product commonly traded such as a major type of crop mineral or other natural resource |
| communism | an economic system based upon the public/state/government ownership of property and the public sharing of resources and production; involves substantial government planning/direction (typically present in dictatorships but may be present in democracies) |
| conscription | a draft the forcing of all (traditionally male) able bodied citizens to serve in the army |
| consensus | a shared decision or shared opinion |
| contest | (verb) to argue/ fight over |
| contested | fought over |
| convoke | to assemble to gather |
| cooperative | a group of workers in which all share in the profits/losses of production equally |
| corporation | a business or company with a clear and continuous legal structure which offers limited liability to its officers and shareholders |
| council | a committee |
| counsel | advice(noun); to advise (verb) |
| coup d'etat (coup) | an overthrowing of a government |
| czar | caesar tsar emperor |
| de facto | in fact in actuality (as opposed to nominally or in name) |
| demagogue | a person especially an orator or political leader who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions passions and prejudices of a people |
| democracy | a political system in which the people vote (direct democracy) or in which the peopel elect representatives (indirect democracy; republic) |
| demographic | pertaining to population |
| dialectic | clash |
| directorate | board of directors supervising an organization administration |
| disenfranchised | politically weak or powerless |
| disciple | follower |
| dissident | opponent/ critic usually of the government |
| docile | obedient tractable easily controlled |
| egalitarian | characterized by a belief in the equality of all people especially in political economic or social life |
| emulate | to imitate |
| endorsement | expression of support for |
| enfranchise | to grant the power to vote to liberate as from servitude |
| evangelization | missionary activity preaching of a religion in the hope of conversion |
| exacerbate | to deteriorate to worsen |
| exploit | to take advantage of to develope |
| faction | a political or religious group a clique |
| foreshadow | to predict |
| franchise | suffrafe the right to vote |
| hegemony | regional dominance |
| heir | the next in line to be king or queen descendant person who inherits something |
| hierarchical | a system of persons or things arranged in a graded order of ranks |
| hinder | to hamper to slow or stop |
| impede | to stop or slow |
| impetus | cause motivation |
| imposition | burden placed upon a person or group |
| incentive | motivation for |
| incursion | invasion |
| indigenous | native to an area |
| indispensable | unable to do without required |
| insubordinate | disobedient |
| insurgent | rebel |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land bordered on two sides by water connecting two larger bodies of land |
| jingoistic | ultra nationalistic strongly patriotic chauvinistic |
| junker | prussian landowner |
| liability | hindrance burden debt |
| loya jirga | afghani tribal council |
| manumission | freedom from slavery |
| nominal | in name only (as opposed to de facto or in actuality) |
| obsolescence | the characteristic of being obsolete or out of date in terms of usefulness |
| oligarchy | junta rule by a few |
| outset | the beginning |
| papal | pertaining to the papacy or office of the pope |
| penal | pertaining to prison |
| pejorative | having a disparaging belittling or derogatory effect or force |
| peninsula | body of land surrounded on three sides by water |
| periodical | magazine or newspaper |
| populist | appealing to the masses especially the working class or poor |
| post | after (prefix) |
| precede | to come before |
| precipitate | to spark to cause |
| precursor | something that comes before a cause |
| predicated upon | built upon/ dependent upon |
| prerogative | special privilege or right |
| presage | to be the forerunner of to lead |
| proletariat | lower class urban workers usually in a factory sans culottes |
| proponent | advocate supporter |
| referendum | public vote held on a particular issue usually a proposal for a bond (a long term public debt note to finance a project) |
| regent | caretaker of a government while the king and or queen is ill unavailable or in his/her minority ( |
| rescind | to take back |
| retention | the keeping possession of |
| revisionist | revised updated and often non traditional or modern view of something |
| sans culotte | urban lower class worker usually in a factory proletarian |
| secular | non religious |
| student | a lover of learning who outlines during his or her nightly Reading considers maps and pictures in his or her reading actively takes notes and participates in class and reviews his or hers notes for several nights prior to the test |
| subdue | to put down ( as in a revolt) |
| subjugated | made subject to inferior to |
| subsistence | enough for survival |
| subvert | to weaken through manipulation to destablize |
| succeeded/succeeding | came after/ following |
| taboo | socially inappropriate behavior |
| topography | the relief features such as mountains plains valleys etc. shown on a map |
| vicar | official representative |
| zenith | apex apogee highest |
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