AP World History: Modern Unit 1 Terms

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==Belief system== - a set of principles or tenets which together form the basis of a religion, philosophy, or moral code

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==Buddhism== - a spiritual philosophy and religion, founded in the sixth century BCE by Siddhartha Gautama and widespread in Asia, that teaches release from the self and from one's earthly desires

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==Bureaucracy== - an organized group of hired officials, especially governmental

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==Caliphate== - state ruled by a caliph, a Muslim ruler who is both the ruler of a state and the leader of an entire ummah (an Arabic word referring to the entire Muslim community)

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==Causation== - the act or process of causing (to make happen; creating or influencing)

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==Christianity== - a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. claim testers - strategies to decide whether a story or concept should or should not be trusted

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==Confucianism== - the ethical teachings of Confucius, which emphasize reverence for ancestors, devotion to family and friends, cultivation and discipline of the mind, and social responsibility

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==Consequence== - that which follows; result

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==Contextualize== - to put into a context, or provide a context for; context = the set of circumstances or events in which a particular event occurs; situation

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==Continuity== - things that are constant over time; something in an uninterrupted state

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==Dynasty== - a succession, lasting several generations, of rulers from the same family or group

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==Evidence== - knowledge on which to base belief; that which constitutes proof of something

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==Feudalism== - a system of economic and political organization, as in Europe in the medieval period, in which landholding lords granted lands to vassals in return for service and homage

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==Hajj== - the pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim is expected to make at least once during Dhul al-Hijjah

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==Hierarchy== - a body of persons or entities graded according to rank or level of authority innovation - the act of proposing or implementing a new method, approach, idea, or the like

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==Islam== - a monotheistic religion based on the teaching of the prophet Muhammad as set forth in the Qur'an

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==Judaism== - a monotheistic religion based on the spiritual and ethical principles in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and the Talmud

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==Matrilineal== - pertaining to tracing one's heritage and ancestry through the mother's family

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==Narrative== - an account, description, or story, or the oral or written work containing such material

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==Perspective== - a visual or mental view, as of a scene or a subject and the interrelationships of its parts or facts

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==Polytheistic== - the belief in more than one god ritual - an established and prescribed procedure for a ceremony, especially a religious one

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==Scale== - the degree, extent, or level of something

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==Serf== - agricultural laborers who cannot leave their land and are heavily taxed by a lord or king

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Sourcing - the act of understanding who wrote a document, where they wrote it, and why they wrote it, for the purposes of analysis or interpretation

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==State== - the population of a specific area unified under a single government

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==Tribute== - payment given by a subordinate person or power to a dominant one, or an obligation to do so