AP World History Voacb Words (III)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Legitimacy | The state of being in compliance with the law |
| Liberalism | a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution |
| Malnutrition | Poor nutrition becuase of insufficient or unbalanced diets |
| Maritime | bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea |
| Medieval | relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages |
| Mercantalism | The theory that a country's power depended mainly on its wealth. This theory was adopted by the Europeans in the 1500's during imperialism in the Americas. |
| Metallurgy | The science that deals with extracting metals from an ore |
| Middle Class | the social class between the lower and upper classes |
| Migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another |
| Modernity | the quality of being current or of the present |
| Monarchy | state ruled over by a single person, as a king or queen |
| Monasticism | a way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith |
| Monopoly | exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices |
| Mortality | the state of being subject to death |
| Nation | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
| Nation Builiding | Making a national identity using the power of the state |
| Nation-State | an independent state inhabited by all the people of one nation and one nation only |
| Nationalism | a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country |
| Neo- | new, recent |
| Nomadic | (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently |
| Optimism | a general disposition to expect the best in all things |
| Pagan | A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times. |
| Paleo- | old |
| Pastoralism | The quality or state of being a shephard or herder |
| Paternalism | the policy or practice of treating or governing people in a fatherly manner |
| Patriarch | the male head of family or tribe |
| Peasant | a country person |
| Pessimism | a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things |
| Poly- | Many or more than one |
| Polygamy | having more than one spouse at a time |
| Proletariat | Another word for working class; a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages |
| Proto- | first |
| Psycho- | mind |
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