World History

Common World History Vocabulary

Absolutism: the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political philosophical, ethical, or theological matter.

Agriculture: the science of practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

Aristocracy: the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.

Bias: prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

Bureaucracy: a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected officials.

Chiefdom: a type of complex society of varying degrees of centralization that is led by an individual known as a chief.

City-State: a state consisting of a sovereign city.

Civilization: the most advanced stage of human social development and organization.

Commercial: concerned with or engaged in commerce.

Demography: the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human population.

Divination: the practice of seeking knowledge of the future of the unknown by supernatural needs.

Dynasty: a line of hereditary rulers of a country.

Empire: an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly esp. an emperor or empress.

Epidemic: a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

Forager: someone who hunts for food and provisions.

Globalization: a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology.

Indentured servant: a worker, typically a laborer or tradesman, under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time.

Interregional: of, involving, or connecting two...