AP World History Modern Cram Sheet Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on the AP World History Modern Cram Sheet (1200–Present)

Song China

Major empire during 1200-1450 known for innovations like the compass, paper, and gunpowder.

Silk Roads

A significant trade network that facilitated the exchange of goods and ideas across Eurasia.

Dar al-Islam

A concept referring to Islamic cultural unity, especially during the Abbasid Caliphate.

Pax Mongolica

A period of peace and stability under Mongol rule that facilitated trade and cultural exchange across Eurasia.

Decentralized feudal states

A system prevalent in Europe and Japan during 1200-1450, characterized by decentralized political authority.

Columbian Exchange

Exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Mercantilism

A system where a country attempts to amass wealth through trade with other countries, exporting more than it imports and increasing stores of gold and precious metals.

Protestant Reformation

A religious movement in the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.

Catholic Reformation

The response of the Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation, involving internal reforms and reaffirming Catholic doctrine.

Syncretism

The mixing of different religions or cultures.

Enlightenment

An intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century

Capitalism

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

Communism

A political and economic ideology advocating a classless society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

Imperialism

The policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.

Abolition of slavery

A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.

Feminism

A movement to secure equal rights and opportunities for women.

Nationalism

A feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward one's country.

WWI

A war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria).

Treaty of Versailles

The most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.

WWII

A global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945

Holocaust

Genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany systematically murdered some six million European Jews.

Cold War

A state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

Decolonization

The principle or advocacy of political independence for colonies.

Globalization

The increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of countries through trade, technology, and culture.

Green Revolution

A large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.

Digital tech

The interconnected community facilitated by the internet and digital technologies.

Climate change

A long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth’s local, regional and global climates.

Human rights

The guarantee of certain rights to every person in the world by virtue of their humanity.

Non-Aligned Movement

A group of states which are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc

CCOT

Continuity and Change Over Time

Causation

An underlying or inherent cause

Comparison

The action or process of identifying similarities or differences between two or more things

Contextualization

The parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning

Thesis

A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.

Evidence

Factual information used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or proof.

Sourcing (DBQ)

Origin

Analysis

Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.