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4859038987AgricultureThe science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.0
4859249396AgrarianOf or relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.1
4859268288AnalyzeDiscover or reveal (something) through detailed examination.2
4859275938AninismBelief in innumerable spiritual beings concerned with human affairs and capable of helping or harming human interests.3
4859283116ArtA visual object or experience consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination.4
4859287719Belief SystemThe stories we tell ourselves to define our personal sense of "reality".5
4859290310BureaucraciesA system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.6
4859290311CasteEach of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.7
4859292126CivilizationThe process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development and organization.8
4859292127ClimateA region with particular prevailing weather conditions.9
4859295714ContinuityThe unbroken and consistent existence or operation of something over a period of time.10
4859298523Coup/Coup d' etatThe sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group.11
4859300545CultureThe arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.12
4859302584DemographyThe study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.13
4859304686DiasporaAny group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland, especially involuntarily.14
4859304687DiffusionIs the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another.15
4859304688DomesticationIs the process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use.16
4859307143EconomyThe wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.17
4859308903EgalitarianismOf, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.18
4859308904EliteA select part of a group that is superior to the rest in terms of ability or qualities.19
4859313693EmigrationIs the act of leaving one's resident country with the intent to settle elsewhere.20
4859313694EmpireAn extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority.21
4859315137EpidemicA widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.22
4859319320Filial PietyIn Confucian philosophy it is a virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors.23
4859319321GenderThe state of being male or female24
4859320731GeographyThe nature and relative arrangement of places and physical features.25
4859320732HierarchyA system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.26
4859322364HistoryThe study of past events, particularly in human affairs.27
4859322365IdeologyA system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.28
4859322366ImperialOf or relating to an empire.29
4859324083KinshipA blood relationship.30
4859324084MaritimeConnected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity.31
4859328098MatriarchyA system of society or government ruled by a woman or women.32
4859331122MatrilinealOf or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.33
4859332446MigrationTo go from one country, region, or place to another.34
4859332447NationA large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.35
4859332448NeolithicOf or relating to the cultural period of the Stone Age beginning around 10,000 BC in the Middle East and later elsewhere, characterized by the development of agriculture and the making of polished stone implements.36
4859334294NomadicAnything that involves moving around a lot.37
4859336127PaleolithicThe cultural period of the Stone Age that began about 2.5 to 2 million years ago, marked by the earliest use of tools made of chipped stone. Also called Old Stone Age.38
4859336128PastoralUsed for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle.39
4859340210PatriarchyA system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line.40
4859340281PeriodizationIs the process or study of categorizing the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time in order to facilitate the study and analysis of history.41
4859342584PhilosophyThe study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.42
4859344306Political StructureA coordinated set of principles, laws, ideas, and procedures relating to a particular form of government, or the form of government itself.43
4859345746Popular/pop cultureIs the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century.44
4859345747Pre-historyThe period of time before written records.45
4859347354ReligionThe belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.46
4859347355RevolutionA forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.47
4859350044RuralIn, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.48
4859350045SecessionThe action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.49
4859350046Seculardenoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.50
4859351653ScienceThe intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.51
4859351654Social ClassA division of a society based on social and economic status.52
4859351655Social StructureIt is the structure of social network ties between individuals or organizations.53
4859353467StateIs an organized political community living under a single system of government. States may or may not be sovereign.54
4859353468SuffrageThe right to vote in political elections.55
4859355353SurplusAn amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.56
4859356991SyncretismThe attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.57
4859356992TechnologyA scientific or industrial process, invention, method, or the like.58
4859356993TradeThe act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries.59
4859358822TributeA stated sum or other valuable consideration paid by one sovereign or state to another in acknowledgment of subjugation or as the price of peace, security, protection, or the like.60
4859358823UrbanOf, relating to, or designating a city or town.61
4859359976UrbanizationThe process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more and more people begin living and working in central areas.62

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