Whap

world history

Amenities

Convenient features that make life pleasant

Provincial

limited in outlook to one's own small corner of the world; narrow

Stratification

a system or formation of layers, classes, or categories (in WHAP its dividing up social classes)

Theocracy

A government controlled by religious leaders

Totalitarian

having to do with a government in which one person, group, or party controls everything

Tributary state

independent states that give money or tribute to another state

usurp

(v.) to seize and hold a position by force or without right

filial

of or like a son or daughter (as in a relationship)

Technology

Application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes; tools and methods used to get what is needed or wanted

State-building

The creation of political institutions capable of exercising authority and allocating resources effectively within a nation.

insurrection

a violent uprising against an authority or government

filial piety

In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors.

appeasement

Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict

aristocracy

A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility

autocracy

A system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual

despot

a dictator with absolute power

dissident

a person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state

egalitarian

a society in which all people are relatively equal

feudalism

political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals

gentry

people of standing; class of people just below nobility

ideology

beliefs about the way things ought to be that justify social arrangements

imperialism

Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society.

monopoly

the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.

nation-state

an independent geopolitical unit of people having a common culture and identity

oligarchy

A government ruled by a few powerful people

papacy

the office or the position of the pope

Patriarchal

relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority

patrilineal

(system of descent) a system of reckoning descent that counts only the father's side

patronage

the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.

piety

(n.) devoutness

proselytize

To try to convert

provincial

limited in outlook to one's own small corner of the world; narrow