4772023427 | absolutism | the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government | 0 | |
4772023715 | agriculture | the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming | 1 | |
4772023909 | aristocracy | A class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility | 2 | |
4772023910 | bureaucracy | A government by many bureaus, administrations, and petty officials | 3 | |
4772024147 | chieftdom | The rank or office of being head or leader of an organized body of people | 4 | |
4772024148 | city state | A sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies | 5 | |
4772024572 | civilization | An advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached | 6 | |
4772024573 | civil war | a war that involves citizens of the same country against each other | 7 | |
4772024732 | demographics | The science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, marriages of the population | 8 | |
4772024733 | dynasty | 9 | ||
4772024734 | empire | A group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful government | 10 | |
4772025856 | epidemic | A rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something such as a disease | 11 | |
4772026127 | globalization | The act of extending to other or all parts of the world, worldwide integration and development | 12 | |
4772026128 | hunter gatherer | member of culture where food is brought through "older" mechanisms( hunting, fishing, etc) rather than agriculture or animal husbandry | 13 | |
4772026605 | imperialism | where a country extends their power to different areas | 14 | |
4772026606 | indentured servant | A person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time, 7yrs., during 17th-19th centuries | 15 | |
4772026849 | interregional | Of or pertaining to a particular region, district, area or part, as of a country, sectional, or local (may not always be local) | 16 | |
4772027514 | kingdom | A state or government having a king or queen as its head | 17 | |
4772028008 | matriarchal | Of or pertaining to the female head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc. | 18 | |
4772028009 | monotheism | The doctrine or belief that there is only one God | 19 | |
4772028451 | nationalism | the loyalty of people to their common culture and the idea of self rule | 20 | |
4772028599 | nation state | group of politically organized people with the same history live in a specific area under one government | 21 | |
4772028600 | pagan | one who has little or no religion | 22 | |
4772028601 | patriachal | Of or pertaining to the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc. | 23 | |
4772029069 | polytheism | The doctrine of or belief in more than one god or many gods | 24 | |
4772029070 | revolution | An overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of government | 25 | |
4772029071 | rural | Of pertaining to, or characteristic of the country, life or people | 26 | |
4772029269 | secular | not bound by monastic vows or rules; not spiritual/religious | 27 | |
4772029270 | slave | A person who is the property of and wholly subject to another | 28 | |
4772029321 | urban | Of pertaining to, or designating a city or town; living in a city | 29 |
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