WHAP CORRECTED VOCAB

Diaspora: The spreading of people (such as Jews) who share an ethnic identity from their original homeland to a new location

Bureaucracy: System of managing government through departments run by appointed (not elected) officials (ex. cabinet depts and Post Office in the United States)

Centralization: Refers to a government structure where most decisions made for the entire state are made by one executive leader, rather than multiple regional leaders

Decentralization: Refers to a government structure where local or regional governments hold more power than the main, central government

Infrastructure: The basic physical and organizational structures that help a society function, such as roads, bridges, schools, airports, etc.

Monistic: Refers to the idea that there is a sense of “oneness” or that everything is derived from a single entity

Dharma: In Hinduism, the concept of obedience to religious and moral laws and order / In Buddhism, the basic doctrine of following the Eightfold Path and the Four Noble Truths

Reincarnation: Idea that the soul is reborn into another body or animal after one dies (Hinduism & Buddhism)

Empirical: Refers to gathering knowledge through objective observation, measurement, or experimentation (science, NOT INTUITION / GUT FEELINGS)

Filial Piety: In Confucianism, the reverence and honoring of one’s ancestors and parents

Monastic: Refers to ideas or people who live by religion and religious vows they have taken and live together in a monastery

Diplomacy: Skillful, peaceful negotiation between nations

Fortification: Walls or defensive protection built around cities or nations

Maritime: Refers to activities or events happening on the high seas

Qanat System: a system of irrigation that began in Persia comprised of underground canals

Noria/Sakia: a water wheel used for raising water from a river so that it can flow by gravity via aqueduct to villages and cultivated land for irrigation

Monsoon: Seasonal winds in South and Southeast Asia that bring rain in alternating seasons to the subcontinent and provide winds for trade in the Indian Ocean

Syncretism: The blending of cultural or religious elements as a result of cultural diffusion, migration, or state-building

Satrapies: System of provincial governments in the Persian Empire, in which administration is divided into provinces, each of which is called a satrapy

Continuity: Term in AP World History that refers to the ways that features of a society have stayed the same over time, rather than changed over time

Brahmin: Hindu caste of priests

Kshatryia: Hindu caste of warriors and aristocrats

Vaishya: Hindu caste of cultivators, artisans, and merchants

Shudra: Hindu caste of landless peasants and serfs

Tribute: Refers to payments that one group makes to another group, such as the payments that the Chinese made to the nomadic groups

Hellenism: The spread of ancient Greek culture and ideas to Persia, after Alexander the Great conquered Persia

Sinicize: Process of non-Chinese people or societies becoming influenced by Chinese culture; to become Chinese

Aqueduct: Built in Ancient Rome, structures that bring fresh water to Roman cities