History Jargon

6/12/2012

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

6/12/2012 08:12:23

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

or a person that advocates the redistribution of land

Friefeld Amanda

6/12/2012 08:50:06

Filial- pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter

Muraviyova Kat

6/12/2012 08:52:33

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

Joelyn Villame

6/12/2012 09:36:54

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

Will Nelson

6/12/2012 10:08:21

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

Sophie Margolin

6/12/2012 10:14:24

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

Becca Carter

6/12/2012 10:33:48

converge- to tend to a common result, conclusion.

William Sommer

6/12/2012 10:39:45

Era: A long period of time.

Katharine Patrick

6/12/2012 11:00:01

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

Victoria Wren

6/12/2012 12:15:29

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

Charlie Tellez

6/12/2012 12:59:53

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

Zoe Cagan

6/12/2012 13:15:45

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

Tiye McKethen

6/12/2012 13:51:40

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

Tiye McKethen

6/12/2012 13:53:04

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

Camille Collins

6/12/2012 13:54:37

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

6/12/2012 14:09:06

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

6/12/2012 14:12:04

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

Giovanni Youssef

6/12/2012 14:19:38

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

Mish Sorensen

6/12/2012 15:04:00

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

Marika Goolsbee

6/12/2012 15:06:47

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

Christina Hong

6/12/2012 21:13:50

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

Nik Liebster

6/12/2012 22:25:00

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

Robin Harrison

6/12/2012 23:36:38

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

Steffannie Alter

7/12/2012 04:23:02

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

Faith Dagohoy

7/12/2012 08:23:00

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

Emily Scott

7/12/2012 09:19:32

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

Nadia Halim

7/12/2012 10:53:56

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

7/12/2012 11:42:57

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

7/12/2012 12:17:49

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

7/12/2012 14:53:55

Unanimity: A consensus or undivided opinion.

Elizabeth Martinsen

8/12/2012 02:58:17

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

8/12/2012 03:34:32

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

Hannah Miles

8/12/2012 03:39:35

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

8/12/2012 05:10:31

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

Herlinda Castagnoli

8/12/2012 05:27:40

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

Minsu Kwon

8/12/2012 06:06:25

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

Anna Peters

8/12/2012 06:42:30

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

8/12/2012 10:37:04

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

8/12/2012 11:25:44

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

Sarah Cominsky

9/12/2012 05:13:44

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

Jeremiah Pratt

9/12/2012 08:15:18

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

9/12/2012 08:51:59

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

9/12/2012 09:37:55

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

9/12/2012 10:43:26

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

9/12/2012 10:46:45

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

AriAnna Swaab

9/12/2012 11:58:25

Quantify- to determine or express the quantity of

Nicholas Walton

9/12/2012 12:17:53

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

Ely Eastman

9/12/2012 12:58:32

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

9/12/2012 13:02:38

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

9/12/2012 14:00:39

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

Emily Wallace

9/12/2012 15:38:11

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

9/12/2012 16:17:52

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

10/12/2012 00:13:41

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

10/12/2012 03:54:57

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

10/12/2012 03:56:11

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

10/12/2012 09:16:37

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

10/12/2012 12:45:34

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

11/12/2012 00:34:34

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

11/12/2012 10:25:54

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

Liam Brod

11/12/2012 15:08:49

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

Jade Jackson

11/12/2012 16:24:17

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 03:55:01

psycho- (prefix) meaning mind or mental

CAleb Taylor

12/12/2012 13:26:13

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

Jazmine Blas

13/12/2012 00:01:33

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

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