~Essential~ World History Vocabulary

Context

• the scenario or setting for a story or event

• citizens of a particularly country (not to be confused with ethnicity or race)

• study of religion / religious issues

• systems of rankings or dominance in the natural world and human society

Social / Society

• interaction of human social classes and gender

• a unique mix of art, language, religion, and social interactions for a particular people or region

• born-in upper class, often with substantial land and power across history

• society dominated or influenced primarily by men

Politics

• government

• anything having to do with money, property, trade, or their systems

• human outlooks and explanations for the purpose of life / the universe

• emperors, kings, or queens

Economics

• anything having to do with money, property, trade, or their systems

• a brief and general statement/argument that answers the question

• society dominated or influenced primarily by men

• entity made of representatives who make decisions or laws (i.e., Congress or Parliament)

Theology

• study of religion / religious issues

• human outlooks and explanations for the purpose of life / the universe

• interaction of human social classes and gender

• can be used as a word for the government or a region inside a country

Philosophy

• human outlooks and explanations for the purpose of life / the universe

• relatively equal societies or cultures

• born-in upper class, often with substantial land and power across history

• explaining the how or the why of a document or topic rather than just what, who, or where

Culture

• a unique mix of art, language, religion, and social interactions for a particular people or region

• a document or object from the era being analyzed (i.e., made or written AT that specific historical time)

• society dominated or influenced primarily by men

• entity made of representatives who make decisions or laws (i.e., Congress or Parliament)

State

• can be used as a word for the government or a region inside a country

• citizens of a particularly country (not to be confused with ethnicity or race)

• government

• a brief and general statement/argument that answers the question

Nationality

• citizens of a particularly country (not to be confused with ethnicity or race)

• the scenario or setting for a story or event

• the scenario or setting for a story or event

• a document or object from the era being analyzed (i.e., made or written AT that specific historical time)

Hierarchies

• systems of rankings or dominance in the natural world and human society

• human outlooks and explanations for the purpose of life / the universe

• explaining the how or the why of a document or topic rather than just what, who, or where

• born-in upper class, often with substantial land and power across history