History Jargon

12/6/2012

The race is on! Remember, no credit for a word that has already been defined or for an incorrect or incomplete definition.

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Patrick Song

12/6/2012 06:12:23 am

Agrarian- Of or relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.

or a person that advocates the redistribution of land

Friefeld Amanda

12/6/2012 06:50:06 am

Filial- pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter

Muraviyova Kat

12/6/2012 06:52:33 am

Dualism- state of being dual or consisting of two parts, division into two.

Joelyn Villame

12/6/2012 07:36:54 am

Viceroy - the governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of a king or sovereign

Will Nelson

12/6/2012 08:08:21 am

proletariat: Class of industrial workers that lack their own means of production and because of this sell their labor to live

Sophie Margolin

12/6/2012 08:14:24 am

syncretic–– characterized or brought about by the combination of different forms of beliefs or practices (syncretism)

Becca Carter

12/6/2012 08:33:48 am

converge- to tend to a common result, conclusion.

William Sommer

12/6/2012 08:39:45 am

Era: A long period of time.

Katharine Patrick

12/6/2012 09:00:01 am

Monogamy- the state or custom of being married to one person at a time

Victoria Wren

12/6/2012 10:15:29 am

Social Democracy- (n.) a political movement advocating a gradual and peaceful transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means

Charlie Tellez

12/6/2012 10:59:53 am

Propaganda- Information or ideas deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, etc.

Zoe Cagan

12/6/2012 11:15:45 am

Protectorate- The relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls.

Tiye McKethen

12/6/2012 11:51:40 am

filial- of or related to a son or a daughter. (offspring related)

Tiye McKethen

12/6/2012 11:53:04 am

awk.... meant fiscal- related to goverment finance.

Camille Collins

12/6/2012 11:54:37 am

Teleology/ Teleological- A study that attempts to prove design by nature: phenomena explained through nature.
Teleological- Relating to principles particularly found in or through nature.

Shylah Crowder

12/6/2012 12:09:06 pm

Monastery-
1. A house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
2.The community of persons living in such a place.

Emily Sherman

12/6/2012 12:12:04 pm

serf/serfdom: a member of a servile feudal class bound to the land and subject to the will of its owner

Giovanni Youssef

12/6/2012 12:19:38 pm

Quest: A search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something.

Mish Sorensen

12/6/2012 01:04:00 pm

Indenture-to bind by or as if by an official document

Marika Goolsbee

12/6/2012 01:06:47 pm

Bourgeoisie: The middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
(french pronunciation)

Christina Hong

12/6/2012 07:13:50 pm

Junta- a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.

Nik Liebster

12/6/2012 08:25:00 pm

Malnutrition- lack of adequate nutrition resulting from insufficient food or unbalanced diet

Robin Harrison

12/6/2012 09:36:38 pm

Polygamy- the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time

Steffannie Alter

12/7/2012 02:23:02 am

Metallurgy- the technique of working or heating metals to give them desired shapes or properties.

Faith Dagohoy

12/7/2012 06:23:00 am

Entrepot- a commercial center where goods are received for distribution, transshipment, or repackaging
(there's an accent on the second "e")

Emily Scott

12/7/2012 07:19:32 am

Absolutism- the principle of a government having complete and unrestricted power

Nadia Halim

12/7/2012 08:53:56 am

Chauvinism:
1. excessive or blind patriotism
2. biased devotion to a group to which one belongs to
3. behavior based on the belief that one sex is inferior to the other and deserves less than equal treatment

Claudia Heymach

12/7/2012 09:42:57 am

laissez-faire:
1. a doctrine opposing governmental interference in economic affairs beyond the minimum necessary for the maintenance of peace and property rights
2. a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or interference especially with individual freedom of choice and action

Marlene Marlowe

12/7/2012 10:17:49 am

Status Quo / Ante Bellum

-The existing state of affairs, esp. regarding social or political issues
- This article covers the history of the United States from 1789 through 1849, the period of westward expansion. (Ante Bellum)

Darion Greggs

12/7/2012 12:53:55 pm

Unanimity: A consensus or undivided opinion.

Elizabeth Martinsen

12/8/2012 12:58:17 am

Rimland- 1.) a region on the edge of the heartland
2.) a concept championed by Nicholas John Spykman to describe the maritime fringe of a country or continent; in particular, the densely populated western, southern, and eastern edges of the Eurasian continent

Hannah Miles

12/8/2012 01:34:32 am

Okie dokie- A ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign :]

Hannah Miles

12/8/2012 01:39:35 am

Just kidding, ignore viceroy -.- hahaha how about Sedentary?
-not migratory : settled; <sedentary civilizations>
-doing or requiring much sitting <a sedentary job>
-not physically active <a sedentary lifestyle>
-permanently attached <sedentary barnacles>

I think the most appropriate definition for WHAP though is the "not migratory/settled" :]

Miller Walsh

12/8/2012 03:10:31 am

Pragmatic- acting based on realistic assumptions rather than theoretical considerations
Pragmatism is being pragmatic

Herlinda Castagnoli

12/8/2012 03:27:40 am

Utopian (usually lowercase): an ardent but impractical political or social reformer; visionary; idealist

Minsu Kwon

12/8/2012 04:06:25 am

Abolition: ending the observance or effect of a system, practice, or institution

Anna Peters

12/8/2012 04:42:30 am

Theocracy- 1. A state, political unit, or group of people that claims a deity as its ruler.
2. Government of a state by a priesthood claiming divine authority, as in the Papacy.

Haley Packer

12/8/2012 08:37:04 am

Chivalry- 1. The sum of the ideal qualifications of a knight, including courtesy, generosity, valor, and dexterity in arms.
2. The rules and customs of medieval knighthood.
3. The medieval system or institution of knighthood.

Shilpa Sadagopan

12/8/2012 09:25:44 am

Stratification: the hierarchical or vertical division of society according to rank, caste, or class :)

Sarah Cominsky

12/9/2012 03:13:44 am

orthodox- conforming with established or accepted standards, as in religion, behaviour, or attitudes.

Jeremiah Pratt

12/9/2012 06:15:18 am

Pacifism-

The belief that war and violence are unjustifiable under any circumstances, and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means.

The refusal to participate in war or military service because of such a belief.

Kian, Natalia

12/9/2012 06:51:59 am

Demography - the study of characteristics of human populations such as size, growth, density, distribution and other vital and social statistics.
Yay for an easy A!

Kirby Townsend

12/9/2012 07:37:55 am

pessimism- a tendency to see the worst aspects of things or believe that the worst will happen (evil in the world outweighs the good)

Nicole Vickers

12/9/2012 08:43:26 am

Liberal
adjective- Open to new behavior or perspective and agreeable to discard traditional values.
noun- a person of liberal views
verb- philanthropic, abundant

Audrey Griffin

12/9/2012 08:46:45 am

Egalitarian-asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people (especially in political, economic, and/or social life)

AriAnna Swaab

12/9/2012 09:58:25 am

Quantify- to determine or express the quantity of

Nicholas Walton

12/9/2012 10:17:53 am

Helio- : A prefix added to the start of a word. Indicates that "sun" modifies the word.

Ely Eastman

12/9/2012 10:58:32 am

Status quo ante bellum
Literally translated from Latin- "The state in which things were before the war"
Refers to the positioning of borders, troops, and power before a war when used in treaties.
Refers to all things SPICE before the Civil War in America, and all things SPICE before WWI in Europe.

ian anderson

12/9/2012 11:02:38 am

PROLETARIAT [proh-li-tair-ee-uh t]
noun
1.
the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class.
2.
(in Marxist theory) the class of workers, especially industrial wage earners, who do not possess capital or property and must sell their labor to survive.
3.
the lowest or poorest class of people, possessing no property, especially in ancient Rome.

Sofia Michaelides

12/9/2012 12:00:39 pm

veneration- a feeling of awe, respect, reverence etc or an expression of the feeling

Emily Wallace

12/9/2012 01:38:11 pm

Shaman / -ism
- a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.

KayLa Thomas

12/9/2012 02:17:52 pm

Plague:

1.) A disease that has a high death toll or a calamity with widespread and serious consequences for those that are affected by it
2.) Bubonic Plague (Also known as "The Black Death", "The Black Plague", or simply as "The Plague") -- An epidemic that first hit the Byzantine Empire during the sixth century and ravaged Europre during the Middle Ages, which aided them later in the conquests of Native Americans who had not been exposed to the disease.

Christian Cortes

12/9/2012 10:13:41 pm

Communism- a : a theory advocating elimination of private property b : a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed c : a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics d : a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably

Ely Eastman link

12/10/2012 01:54:57 am

so someone did mine
Facism-
a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

Jacob Ostdiek

12/10/2012 01:56:11 am

capitalism: an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market

Miyani Clark

12/10/2012 07:16:37 am

Fuedalism:
1 Is a political and economic system that was used in Europe from the ninth to the fifth century.In this system the aristocrats rule because they allow serfs to live and grow crops on their land but at the end of the year they had to give almost all of their crops to the landowners/aristocrats.

2. A political, economic, or social order resembling this medieval system.

Emily Robison

12/10/2012 10:45:34 am

Peonage: the use of laborers bound in servitude because of debt; a system of convict labor by which convicts are leased to contractors

Kelsey Linberg

12/10/2012 10:34:34 pm

Coup d'état- : a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group

Annie Holmes

12/11/2012 08:25:54 am

genocide: The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

Liam Brod

12/11/2012 01:08:49 pm

Substinence- The action of supporting oneself's minimum needs.

Jade Jackson

12/11/2012 02:24:17 pm

Oracle - a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.
2.a place at which such advice or prophecy was sought

Jessica Stevens

12/12/2012 01:55:01 am

psycho- (prefix) meaning mind or mental

CAleb Taylor

12/12/2012 11:26:13 am

Regime- the period during which a particular government or ruling system is in power.

Jazmine Blas

12/12/2012 10:01:33 pm

eclectic- selecting ideas, style,. and tastes from various diverse sources.
variety of abnormalities.

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