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”.