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4867656154AlienBelonging to a foreign country or nation0
4867656155AlienateCause (someone) to feel isolated or estranged1
4867656156AlienationThe state or experience of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong2
4867656157AnnexationThe action of annexing something especially territory3
4867656158AntebellumOccurring or existing before a particular war especially the American civil war4
4867656159AssimilationThe process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group5
4867656160CapitalsimAn economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than by state6
4867656161CommunismA political theory derived from Karl Marx advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs7
4868612296SocialismA political and economical theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production distribution and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole8
4868612297ColonialismThe policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country occupying it with settlers and exploring it economically9
4868612298ColonizationAn ongoing process of by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components10
4868612299ConformityCompliance with standards and rules or laws11
4868612300ConservativeHolding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or Innovacion typically in relation to politics or religion12
4868612301ModerateAverage in amount intensity quality or degree13
4868612302LiberalOpen to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values14
4868612303ContainmentThe action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits15
4868612304DemocracyA system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of the state typically through elected representatives16
4869445134DemocraticOf relating to or supporting democracy or its principles17
4869445135DétenteThe easing of hostility or strained relations especially between countries18
4869445136DissidentA person who opposes the show policy especially that of an authoritarian state19
4869445137EmancipationThe fact or process of being set free from legal social or political restrictions liberation20
4869445138EmigrationThe act of leaving one resident country with the intent to set up elsewhere21
4869445139ImmigrationThe action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country22
4869445140EnfranchisementAdmit to citizenship especially to the right of voting to endowed with municipal or parliamentarian rights23
4869445141DisenfranchisementDeprive someone of the right to vote24
4869445142ImperialismA policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force25

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