APWorld Summer quiz

SPICE

Social, Political, Interaction with environment, cultural, and economics. Usually just used to categorize information about a society. 

Empire

A nation becomes an empire when they acquire tons of surrounding land, usually by force. Different from kingdoms. Empires conquer other foreign peoples. 

State

 A state is an established nation. The process of this state becoming prosperous includes consolidation and legitimizing. 

Consolidation

Taking power from other empires and claiming it. Usually by military force. 

Legitimize

Legitimizing the ruler, conveying to subjects that they are in charge. A way rulers do this is by building huge temples and stuff.

Bureaucracy

Another word for government. Made up of advisors and officials who help a main ruler govern an empire. 

Decentralized

 A governing style where power is spread out to local rather than an all encompassing national power. Kinda like states have their own rules as well.

Artisanal

Goods such as textiles, metalworks, pottery, and woodworking sold by craftspeople before the Industrial Revolution. 

Manufactured

Goods that are mass produced with machinery. 

Egalitarian

Belief that all humans are equal, and should be treated as such in ways social, political, and economic. Ex is feminism.

Patriarchy

System or government where men hold primary positions of power, or just at a general advantage. Ex is Taliban.

Polytheism

Religions that believe in multiple gods

Monotheism

Religions that believe in one god only.

Diaspora

Distribution of people from a certain place around the world.

Deity

Supernatural beings who are typically the centerpiece in religions

Urbanization

The process of people moving to larger cities usually for work

Meritocracy

A system where people’s quality of work or skills can get them in better positions. 

Commercial

Anything having to do with the buying or selling or goods.

Missionaries

People sent to other religions for the sole purpose of spreading their religion. 

Coercive labor

Labour forced upon people using fear and threats. Slavery is a form of coercive labor. 

Cultural diffusion

The spread of cultural ideas among different.. cultures.