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13862646272AbdicateResign from a throne, usually in a monarchy0
13862659607AdherentsSomeone who supports a party, person, or a set of ideas; a follower1
13862659608AllegianceCommitment to an individual or a group2
13862663075AlludeTo indirectly call attention to; to hint at3
13862663076AlmsMoney or food given to the poor4
13862667250AppeaseTo please someone by granting their desires/demands5
13862669949ArmisticeA truce to cease fire for a certain period of time6
13862672332Autonomyindependent and self governing7
13862675167BourgeoisieThe middle class, which include the merchants8
13862675168CessationTo bring an end to9
13862677942Coercedto "persuade" someone to do something, forcing them10
13862677943CommerceTo trade, buy and sell goods11
13862677944CommunismSocialism at its best, made by Karl Marx, used by USSR(Russia) and China(Mao)12
13862681613CompulsoryRequired, an obligation to JUST DO IT.13
13862681614ConscriptionForced to partake in something. exe: Slavery and military14
13862687400ConceptualizeTo envision an idea15
13862687401ConsequenceA result of an action or cause; Usually a bad thing16
13862691103ConsolidationThe action of making a state stronger and more unified17
13862691104CorroborateTo confirm, with evidence ofc18
13862693161DefectTo go to the opposing side, very apparent in WW2 when USSR defected from the Axis powers19
13862695523DegradationTo decline in condition20
13862695524DemographicData that is about a population and sometimes has the different groups represented21
13862695525DepressionTo be in a state of decline, like the stock market crash, and the Great Depression22
13862698396DespotBasically a dictatorship, wait it is :023
13862698397DiasporaThe dispersion of people from their original land, like the Jews24
13862700331DiffusionThe spread of almost anything, exe: culture, population, and disease25
13862700332DiplomacyNegotiations between nations, bad exe is when Great Britain used diplomacy on Germany but, Hitler still decided to take the rest of Europe26
13862700333DiscourceA verbal exchange of words27
13862703972DisseminateTo spread widely28
13862703973DissolutionTo break into parts, like Berlin after WW229
13862706232EgalitarianEquality for all genders; no matter if you are male or female, we all have equally important roles30
13862706233EliteHigh class people with money and power31
13862706234Enclavean enclosed piece of land that has distinct features32
13862711003EmancipationTo free the slaves, like Abraham Lincoln33
13862711004EncroachmentA gradual invasion of another's territory34
13862714033Envoya messenger or representative to convey a nation's thought35
13862714034EurocentrismEuropean dominance36
13862716414FiefLand granted to a vassal and in exchange, the vassal must produce for the land donor37
13862716415Free-MarketEconomic system where the people decide the prices38
13862719351GrievanceComplaints of a ruler's laws, Our declaration of Independence has a grievances section39
13862719352GuildAn organization during the medieval times that was a commonplace for people to work40
13862719353WordUsed to form sentences and often used in writing41
13862722495HithertoA state or circumstance that existed up until now42
13862722496ImmutableNot able to change, unchanging43
13862725743ImperialTo rule over with the title of emperor or empress44
13862725744ImpetusMomentum, a force that moves on, like an unstoppable army45
13862737178IntegrateTo combine together and make one big force46
13862737179IntesificationA process to make something stronger or more efficient47
13862741175Intransigencestubborn, refusing to compromise48
13862741176Justifyto show evidence to back up a point49
13862741177MercantileTrade, simply trade, older times50
13862744604MitigateTo lessen the damage or casualties51
13862744605MonetizationTo describe various processes, used int banking as a legal tender52
13862748641ObligatoryRequired or expected to do53
13862752635ParadigmAn example54
13862752636ParadoxA contradiction, or a dilemma55
13862757267PartitionDiving into different parts, like India and Pakistan56
13862763986PeripheryThe borderline/edge57
13862763987PersecuteTo harshly treat a group of people58
13862768329Popular SovereigntyA type of government that is ruled by majority vote, for the people59

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