7153779903 | Abate | To reduce in amount,degree,intensity,etc | 0 | |
7153780514 | Absolutism | The principle or exercise of complete unrestricted power in government | 1 | |
7153780515 | Adjacent | Lying near,close, contagious | 2 | |
7153780879 | Agrarian | Relating to land, land tenture or the division of landed property | 3 | |
7153780880 | Agriculture | The production of crops, livestock, or poultry | 4 | |
7153781419 | Anthropomorphic | Made to resemble human form | 5 | |
7153781960 | Aristocracy | A class of person holding exceptional ranking and privileges | 6 | |
7153781961 | Avarice | Insatiable greed for riches, miserly desire to gain and hoard health | 7 | |
7153782258 | Bias | Unreasonably hostile feelings or opinions about a group | 8 | |
7153782729 | Buddhism | A religion born in India by Buddha | 9 | |
7153782890 | Bureaucracy | Government by many bureaus | 10 | |
7153782891 | Capital | the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state | 11 | |
7153783079 | Capitalism | an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporation | 12 | |
7153783080 | Capitulate | to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms | 13 | |
7153783272 | Centralized | to bring under one control, especially in government | 14 | |
7153784119 | Charlatan | a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses | 15 | |
7153784351 | Chattel | a movable article of personable property | 16 | |
7153784470 | Chiefdom | the territory or people over which a chief rules | 17 | |
7153784710 | Christianity | the christian religion, including the catholic, protestesnt, and eastern orthodox | 18 | |
7153785944 | City-state | a city with its surrounding territory forming a independent state | 19 | |
7153785947 | Civilization | the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced | 20 | |
7153786159 | Clergy | the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the christian churches | 21 | |
7153786160 | Coerce | persuade an unwilling person, to do something by using force | 22 | |
7153786734 | Colonialism | the policy or practice of acquiring full of partial political over another country | 23 | |
7153786735 | Colony | the country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one | 24 | |
7153787002 | Communism | a political theory derived from Karl Marx, all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid to their ability's | 25 | |
7153787898 | Consfusianism | the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples | 26 | |
7153787899 | Copious | abundant in supply or quantity | 27 | |
7153788749 | Culture | the art of other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively | 28 | |
7153789124 | Daoism | a Chinese philosophy based on the writing of lao-tzu | 29 | |
7153789131 | Deforestation | the action of clearing a wide area of trees | 30 | |
7153790298 | Demography | the study of statistics | 31 | |
7153790299 | Derive | obtain something from a specific sorce | 32 | |
7153791757 | Diaspora | the dispersion of Jews outside of isreal | 33 | |
7153791758 | Divine | of, form, or like god or a god | 34 | |
7153792481 | Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country | 35 | |
7153792486 | Economic | relating to economics or the economy | 36 | |
7153792660 | Edict | an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority | 37 | |
7153792661 | Egalitarian | relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities | 38 | |
7153795408 | Empire | a large commercial or organization owned by or controlled by one person or group | 39 | |
7153796069 | Encroach | intrude on | 40 | |
7153796070 | Epidemic | a widespread of occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time | 41 | |
7153796075 | Equitable | fair and impartial | 42 | |
7153796598 | Ethnocentric | evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of ones own culture | 43 | |
7153796599 | Feudalism | the nobility held lands from the crown in exchange for military services | 44 | |
7153797245 | Forage | search widely for food or provisions | 45 | |
7153797246 | Fundamental | forming a necessary base or core ; of central importance | 46 | |
7153798039 | Genocide | the deliberate killing of a large group | 47 | |
7153798040 | Globalization | the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale | 48 | |
7153798317 | Hegemony | leadership or dominance | 49 | |
7153798592 | Hierarchy | the system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority | 50 | |
7153798593 | Hinduism | a major religion and cultural tradition of south Asia, developed from vedic religion | 51 | |
7153798785 | Ideology | a system of ideas and ideals especially ones that form the basics of economic or political theory and policy | 52 | |
7153800280 | Imperialism | a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force | 53 | |
7153800281 | Incursion | an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one | 54 | |
7153800866 | Indentured servants | bind by an indenture as an apprentice or laborer | 55 | |
7153801354 | Indigent | originating or occurring naturally in a particular place | 56 | |
7153801355 | Industrial | relating to or characterized by industry | 57 | |
7153801966 | Inflation | the action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated | 58 | |
7153802077 | Institutions | a society or organization founded for religious, educational, social, or similar purpose | 59 | |
7153805839 | Intermediary | a person who acts as a link in between two people | 60 | |
7153805840 | Judaism | the monotheistic religion of the jews | 61 | |
7153806326 | Lambast | criticize someone harshily | 62 | |
7153806331 | Legitimate | conforming to the laws or rules | 63 | |
7153806681 | Malfeasance | wrongdoing, especially by a public official | 64 | |
7153806682 | Manufacture | make something on a large scale using a machine | 65 | |
7153807818 | Maritime | connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity | 66 | |
7153808244 | Matriarchy | a system of society or or government ruled a woman or women | 67 | |
7153809663 | Medieval | relating to the middle ages | 68 | |
7153809664 | Merchant | a retail trader; a store owner | 69 | |
7153810052 | Monarchy | a form of government with a monarch at the head | 70 | |
7153810851 | Monotheism | the doctrine or belief that their is only one god | 71 | |
7153811488 | Munificence | the quality or action of being lavishly generous | 72 | |
7153811489 | Myriad | a countless or extremely great number | 73 | |
7153811610 | Nation | a large aggregate of people united by common descent,history,culture,or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory | 74 | |
7153811881 | Negligible | so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering | 75 | |
7153811882 | Neolithic | relating to or denoting the later part of the stone age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implement prevailed | 76 | |
7153812312 | Nobility | the quality of being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank | 77 | |
7153812313 | Nomadic | living the life of a nomad; wandering | 78 | |
7153812480 | Pagan | a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religion | 79 | |
7153812481 | Pandemic | a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world | 80 | |
7153812613 | Papacy | the office or authority of the pope | 81 | |
7153812614 | Parity | the state or condition of being equal;especially regarding status or pay | 82 | |
7153812805 | Pastoral | land or a farm used for a related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle | 83 | |
7153812806 | Patriarchy | a system of society or government in which the father or the eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line | 84 | |
7153813234 | Periodization | divide into periods | 85 | |
7153813235 | Placate | make something less angry or hostile | 86 | |
7153813534 | Plethora | a large or excessive amount of something | 87 | |
7153813661 | Polytheism | the belief in or worship in more than one god | 88 | |
7153813662 | Prehistoric | relating to or denoting the period before written records | 89 | |
7153813810 | Prevalent | widespread in a particular area at a particular time | 90 | |
7153813898 | Primary source | number one source of anything | 91 | |
7153813899 | Prolific | plant, animal , or person producing much fruit or foliage or many offsprings | 92 | |
7153814322 | Protestant | a member or follower of any western christian churches that are separate from the roman catholic church and follow the principles of the reformation , including the baptist, Presbyterian, and lutheran churches | 93 | |
7153814324 | Prowess | skill or expertise in a particular activity or field | 94 | |
7153814478 | Rational | based on or in accordance with reason or logic | 95 | |
7153814479 | Reform | make changes in typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice | 96 | |
7153814755 | Regime | a government, especially an authoritarian one | 97 | |
7153814756 | Revolution | a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system | 98 | |
7153815008 | Rural | in relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town | 99 | |
7153815009 | Scribe | a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented | 100 | |
7153816271 | Secondary source | coming after, less important than | 101 | |
7153816272 | Secular | denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religion or spiritual basis | 102 | |
7153816440 | Serf | an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lords estate | 103 | |
7153816542 | Shaman | a person regarded as having access to, and influence in the world of good and bad spirits | 104 | |
7153816543 | Slave | the person who is legal property of another person and is forced to obey them | 105 | |
7153816730 | State | the particular condition that someone or something is in at a particular time | 106 | |
7153816731 | Stratified | form or arrange into strata | 107 | |
7153816935 | Subjective | based on or influenced by personal feelings, taste, or oponions | 108 | |
7153817253 | Subjugate | bring under domination or control, especially by conquest | 109 | |
7153817360 | Surplus | an amount of something left over when requirements have been met | 110 | |
7153817686 | Syncretic | union of different religion | 111 | |
7153817692 | Textile | a type of cloth or woven fabric | 112 | |
7153817849 | Theocracy | a system of government in which priest rule in the name of god | 113 | |
7153817850 | Tumultuous | making a loud confused noise | 114 | |
7153818092 | Ubiquitous | present, appearing, or found everywhere | 115 | |
7153818093 | Urban | in relating too, of characteristic of a town | 116 | |
7153818411 | Veneration | great respect, reverence | 117 | |
7153818412 | Xenophobic | having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other country | 118 |
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