CODE: __________ NAME: _____________________________________________________ SCORE: ____/80 (F) LATE SUBMISSION DATE: __________ EXC. ABS DATE(S) ______________________________ LATE: _____ AP WORLD HISTORY ASSIGNMENT #1-1: Due Before the Bell on August 28/29 SUMMER ASSIGNMENT VOCABULARY AND KEY CONCEPTS – Introductory Vocabulary: Your textbook is written at the college level and requires strong reading comprehension skills. Familiarizing yourself with the following list of words will help you with reading our textbook. Write out definitions in a way you will understand the concepts as we will have some vocabulary quiz over these words during the first week of school. B.C.E. egalitarian patriarchal C.E. elite patrilineal abdicate emigrate patronage accession epic peasant aesthetic ethnocentric pharaoh agrarian feudalism piety/pious amenities genocide polity anarchy gentry polygamy animism guild polytheism antiquity hierarchy proselytize appeasement hominids provincial aristocracy homogenous regent asceticism ideology republic assimilate imperial/imperialism rhetoric/rhetorical authoritarian indigenous sedentary autocracy infrastructure serf barbarism lineage Sharia bureaucracy linguistic Sinification city-state manifest state civic maritime steppe classical martial stratification colonial matrilineal Sub-Saharan commerce mercenary subordinate communal monarchy succession concubine monopoly/monopolize syncretism conscription monotheism textiles cosmopolitan mystical theocracy coup d’état nation-state theology demographic neo totalitarian despot Neolithic tributary diaspora nomadic tyranny dissent oligarchy dissident pantheon usurp domesticate papal/papacy vernacular dynasty/dynastic parliamentary system edict pastoral
CODE: __________ NAME: _____________________________________________________ SCORE: ____/80 (F) LATE SUBMISSION DATE: __________ EXC. ABS DATE(S) ______________________________ LATE: _____ AP WORLD HISTORY ASSIGNMENT #1-1: Due Before the Bell on August 28/29 SUMMER ASSIGNMENT – VOCABULARY AND KEY CONCEPTS Introductory Vocabulary: Your textbook is written at the college level and requires strong reading comprehension skills. Familiarizing yourself with the following list of words will help you with reading our textbook. Write out definitions in a way you will understand the concepts as we will have some vocabulary quiz over these words during the first week of school. B.C.E. C.E. abdicate accession aesthetic agrarian amenities anarchy animism antiquity appeasement aristocracy asceticism assimilate authoritarian autocracy barbarism bureaucracy city-state civic classical colonial commerce communal concubine conscription cosmopolitan coup d’état demographic despot diaspora dissent dissident domesticate dynasty/dynastic edict egalitarian elite emigrate epic ethnocentric feudalism genocide gentry guild hierarchy hominids homogenous ideology imperial/imperialism indigenous infrastructure lineage linguistic manifest maritime martial matrilineal mercenary monarchy monopoly/monopolize monotheism mystical nation-state neo Neolithic nomadic oligarchy pantheon papal/papacy parliamentary system pastoral patriarchal patrilineal patronage peasant pharaoh piety/pious polity polygamy polytheism proselytize provincial regent republic rhetoric/rhetorical sedentary serf Sharia Sinification state steppe stratification Sub-Saharan subordinate succession syncretism textiles theocracy theology totalitarian tributary tyranny usurp vernacular