AP World History Vocab List 1

Vocabulary List

Agriculture

The science or practice of farming, including the cultivation of soil and rearing of animals.

Artisan

a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand

Buoyed

cause (a price) to rise to or remain at a high level.

Bureaucracy

A system of government made up of multiple levels of state officials with decision making power spread throughout the levels of the government.

Capacity

The maximum amount that something can contain or produce.

Causation

the action of causing something or making it happen

Coerced

Persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats

Commericial

Concerned with or engaged in commerce (large scale buying/selling) and trade

Comparison

a consideration or estimate of the similarities or dissimilarities between two things or people.

Context

the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

Continuity

The unbroken and continuous existence of an idea, effect, or concept over extended periods of time.

Deference

humble submission and respect