Vocabulary words.
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| 192452357 | Abolish | do away with | 0 | |
| 192452358 | Acquisition | an ability that has been acquired by training | 1 | |
| 192452359 | Agrarian | relating to rural matters | 2 | |
| 192452360 | Agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | 3 | |
| 192452361 | Annex | attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one | 4 | |
| 192452362 | Ascetic | practices self denial as spiritual discipline | 5 | |
| 192452363 | Atrocities | cruel and inhumane acts that people commit against each other | 6 | |
| 192452364 | Bureaucracy | nonelective government officials | 7 | |
| 192452365 | Caliph | the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | 8 | |
| 192452366 | Capitalist | a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) | 9 | |
| 192452367 | Capitulations | Agreements with European powers that gave European bankers and merchants unfair advantages in the Empire | 10 | |
| 192452368 | Colonization | the act of colonizing | 11 | |
| 192452369 | Communism | a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | 12 | |
| 192452370 | Conscription | compulsory military service | 13 | |
| 192452371 | Conservatism | a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | 14 | |
| 192452372 | Cultural Diffusion | the spread of cultural elements from one society to another | 15 | |
| 192452373 | Decentralized | withdrawn from a center or place of concentration | 16 | |
| 192452374 | Democracy | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 17 | |
| 192452375 | Disillusionment | freeing from false belief or illusions | 18 | |
| 192452376 | Domestic | a household servant | 19 | |
| 192452377 | Dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 20 | |
| 192452378 | Empire | a group of countries under a single authority | 21 | |
| 192452379 | Envoy | someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | 22 | |
| 192452380 | Extraterritoriality | Right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation. | 23 | |
| 192452381 | Fascism | a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism) | 24 | |
| 192452382 | Feudalism | the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C | 25 | |
| 192452383 | Immigrant | a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there | 26 | |
| 192452384 | Imperialism | a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries | 27 | |
| 192452385 | Indentured Labor | labor under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time, typically three to seven years, in exchange for their transportation, food, clothing, lodging and other necessities | 28 | |
| 192452386 | Indigenous | originating where it is found | 29 | |
| 192452387 | Industrialization | the development of industry on an extensive scale | 30 | |
| 192452388 | Kingdom | a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state | 31 | |
| 192452389 | Maritime | bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea | 32 | |
| 192452390 | Mercantilism | an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | 33 | |
| 192452391 | Merchant | a businessperson engaged in retail trade | 34 | |
| 192452392 | Metallurgy | the science and technology of metals | 35 | |
| 192452393 | Migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | 36 | |
| 192452394 | Monasticism | asceticism as a form of religious life | 37 | |
| 192452395 | Monotheism | belief in a single God | 38 | |
| 192452396 | Nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | 39 | |
| 192452397 | Nomadic | (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently | 40 | |
| 192452398 | Pastoral | a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) | 41 | |
| 192452399 | Patriarchal | relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority | 42 | |
| 192452400 | Polytheism | belief in multiple Gods | 43 | |
| 192452401 | Popular Sovereignty | people hold the final authority in all matters of government | 44 | |
| 192452402 | Prohibit | command against | 45 | |
| 192452403 | Reform | a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses | 46 | |
| 192452404 | Reparation | compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury | 47 | |
| 192452405 | Rural | living in or characteristic of farming or country life | 48 | |
| 192452406 | Secular | concerning those not members of the clergy | 49 | |
| 192452407 | Sedentary | characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place | 50 | |
| 192452408 | Self-determination | the ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will | 51 | |
| 192452409 | Shia | the branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad | 52 | |
| 192452410 | Socialism | a political theory advocating state ownership of industry | 53 | |
| 192452411 | Subservient | abjectly submissive | 54 | |
| 192452412 | Sufferage | the right to vote | 55 | |
| 192452413 | Sunni | a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad | 56 | |
| 192452414 | Tax | charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government | 57 | |
| 192452415 | Totalitarianism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 58 | |
| 192452416 | Urban | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area | 59 |
