AP WORLD HISTORY
Common Usage Terms
K.M.H.S.
AP World History
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Incorporate the concepts and terms in this
presentation throughout the course. Relate them to each theme and/or topic. Evaluate/describe:
Political systems= [How do they govern? Who rules?]
Economic systems= [How do they make a living? Technology?]
Cultural systems= [Religions, Gender roles, etc.?] Biological systems= [Where do they live? Climate?
Environmental interactions?]
4 Quadrant Organizer
Key Comparisons All key comparisons/contrasts must be:
Comprised of Venn Diagram
Include small mapon the back if applicable
Political SystemsEconomic SystemsCultural SystemsBiological Systems
Theme & Date Range
Continuity & Change
TRADITIONAL TENDENCIES WITHIN A SOCIETY
Continuities: Long-standing cultural traditions within a society
Stay the same over time or are recurring
Changes: Cultural traditions that are newly adopted
Identifies changes within society
Example: Confucianism
Example: Adoption of Buddhism
TIME MEASURES
B.C.E. Before Current/Common Era All measured time before the year 0
C.E. Current/Common Era All measured time from year 0 to
present
ALL DATES GIVEN ARE RELATIVE AND COULD BE QUOTED DIFFERENTLY IN OTHER SOURCES.
CENTURY DESIGNATES
Centuries are quoted thus:1901 to 2001 = 20th Century2001 to 2101 = 21st Century
Thus the years cited would be designated the later [next] “century”Ex. 1492 = 15th CenturyEx. 1776 = 18th Century
CENTURY DESIGNATES
16th Century – Spain17th Century – Dutch 18th Century – France19th Century – Britain20th Century – America21st Century - ?????
VERNACULAR
Terms / concepts in the common language of historians.
Using the vernacular implies that you will use the appropriate terms identified throughout the course.
Doing this will get you points on the AP exam.
AND MY EXAMS!
OTHER ABBREVIATIONS
Million M
Thousand K
Billion B
Hundred C
Circa [Latin term] c. [means around
this time]
Casualty Statistics:
KIA Killed in action
MIA Missing in action
WIA Wounded in
action Used later in the
course
LEGAL TERMS
Dejure` [Latin term] Means legal or legally recognized;
based in law.
Defacto [Latin term] Means in practice but not legally
recognized or based in law.
LATIN TERMS{Please Define}
Ad hoc Et al. et cetera Habeas corpus INRI Mare nostrum Modus operandi Pater Familias Pax
Americana Romana Mongolia
Per annum Per Capita Per diem Quid pro quo Sic. SPQR Status quo Terra incognita Vae victis Veni vidi vici Veto
WORLD RELIGIONS
RELIGIONS
Polytheism Belief in a
pantheon of gods [many]. Mesopotamia Egypt Greece Rome Hinduism
MonotheismBelief in only
one god. JudaismChristianity Islam
Buddhist epistemology does
not support the existence of
one or more gods.
SOCIETAL INFLUENCE
MATRIARCHAL Early societies Female deities Female power base
MATRILINEAL Inheritance through
female
PATRIARCHAL Agricultural
societies Male power base Male deities
PATRILINEAL Inheritance
through male
Parallel Descent: [Inheritance]
DESCENT PATTERNS
PARALLEL DESCENT
Two Important Terms[Will be used throughout
course]SYNCRETISMDegree to
which one society adopts traditions of another culture
Done by choice not coercion
CULTURAL IMPERIALISM
Degree to which one society adopts traditions of another culture
Done by coercion not choice
IS IT ORIGINAL OR A COPY? INDEPENDENT
INVENTION Innovation
that is new or original
No outside influences involved.
CULTURAL DIFFUSION
Innovation that is introduced from another group or civilization
Usually through trade or other
interaction.
Enduring Questions
You must be able to evaluate trans-regional cultural diffusion.
You must be able to identify the role of syncretization and cultural imperialism at work in that diffusion.
ALL EVENTS STUDIED MUST BE ADDRESSED BY ANSWERING “WHY”.
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