Words for AP Euro
Identify
establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.
Evaluate
to judge or determine the significance or importance of information or the quality of; assess
Describe
to tell depict or in written or spoken words; give an account of
Analyze
to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc.
Significant
important and deserving of attention
Sovereignty
the quality or state of being sovereign, or having supreme power or authority
Fuedal
of relating to, or like the feudal system, or its political, military, social, and economic structure
Exacerbate
to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc)
Gentry
wellbrn and well-bred people; (in england) the class below nobility
Oligarchy
a form of government in which the power to rule is vested in a few persons in a dominant class or clique; government by the few
Demographic
a single vital or social statistic of a human population, as the number of births or deaths
Fiscal
of or relating to the public treasury or revenues
Belligerent
warlike; given to waging war; of warlike character
Liquidate
to settle or pay a debt; convert inventory into cash
Depreciate
to reduce the purchasing value of money; to lessen the value or price of
Contentious
tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome
Consensus Model
to achieve agreement within a distributed system on the valid state
Proliferation
a rapid or often excessive spread or increase
Vanquish
to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle
Confound
to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; to throw into increase confound or disorder
Classical
of, relating to, or characteristic of Greek and Roman antiquity
Scholaticism
University
an institution of the highest learning level, having college liberal arts and a program of graduates study together with several professional schools
Vernacular
expressed or written in the native language of a place
Perspective (in art)
of or relating to the art of perspective, or representing according to its laws
Patronage
the financial support or business provided to a store , hotel, or like the, by the customers, clients, or paying guests
Heliocentric
measured or seen as being seen from the center of the sun
Colony
a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land settlement subject to, connected with, the parent nation
Indigenous
originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to)
Manor
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demise and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc; any similar territorial unit in Medieval Europe, as a feudal state
Peasant
a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank
Serfdom
A type of labor commonly used in feudal systems in which the laborers work the land in return for protection but they are bound to the land and are not allowed to leave or to peruse their a new occupation. This was common in early Medeival Europe as well as in Russia until the mid 19th century.
Standard of Living
a grade or level of subsistence and comfort in everyday life enjoyed by a community, class, or individual
Dislocation
an act or instance of dislocating; state of being dislocated
Public Morals
those punishing vagrancy and prostitution, prohibiting gambling, etc.
Communal
used or shared in common but everyone in a group
Pluralism
A theory of government that holds that open, multiple, and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.
Decentralization/centralization
to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area
Subjagated
controlled; to be controlled
Revenue
the amount of income of a government from taxation, excuse duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public excuses
Ecclesiastical
of or relating to the church
Exonerated
having been cleared of an accusation or freed from blame
Impetus
a moving force
Impel
to drive or urge forward; press on
Ordinance
an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command
Predominant
having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others
Persistence
the act or fact of persisting
Imposition
the laying on of something as a burden or obligation
Inference
the act or process of inferring
Decimate
to kill or destroy a large part of
Domestic
of or relating to the home, household, household affairs, or the family
Subsequent
occurring or coming later or after