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| 2304346148 | absolutism | the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government. | 0 | |
| 2304348234 | agrarian | relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property: agrarian laws. | 1 | |
| 4710076829 | agriculture | the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming. | 2 | |
| 4710079044 | animism | the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls. | 3 | |
| 4710080801 | aristocracy | a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility. | 4 | |
| 4710082708 | bias | a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned | 5 | |
| 4710085316 | Buddhism | a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment that enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject. | 6 | |
| 4710087892 | bureaucracy | the body of officials and administrators, especially of a government or government department. | 7 | |
| 4710090620 | capital | the wealth, whether in money or property, owned or employed in business by an individual, firm, corporation, etc. | 8 | |
| 4710092256 | 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 corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth. | 9 | |
| 4710095368 | capitulate | to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms. | 10 | |
| 4710099234 | centralized | to bring under one control, especially in government: to centralize budgeting in one agency. | 11 | |
| 4710100982 | chattel | Law. a movable article of personal property. | 12 | |
| 4710102236 | Christianity | the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. | 13 | |
| 4710102652 | city-state | a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies. | 14 | |
| 4710135268 | civilization | an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached. | 15 | |
| 4710137714 | clergy | the group or body of ordained persons in a religion, as distinguished from the laity. | 16 | |
| 4710140431 | coerce | to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: | 17 | |
| 4710138743 | colonialism | the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people. | 18 | |
| 4710141827 | colony | a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation. | 19 | |
| 4710145411 | communism | a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. | 20 | |
| 4710146335 | Confucianism | the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct. | 21 | |
| 4710147992 | conservative | disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change. | 22 | |
| 4710150015 | culture | the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc. | 23 | |
| 4710151841 | Daoism (Taoism) | the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao. | 24 | |
| 4710153622 | deforestation | to divest or clear of forests or trees | 25 | |
| 4710154907 | demography | the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations. | 26 | |
| 4710156675 | diaspora | the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity. | 27 | |
| 4710158343 | diffusion | act of diffusing; state of being diffused. | 28 | |
| 4710159533 | divine | addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God or a god; religious; sacred: | 29 | |
| 4710161619 | domestication | to tame (an animal), especially by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in the wild. to adapt (a plant) so as to be cultivated by and beneficial to human beings. | 30 | |
| 4710165925 | dynasty | a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group | 31 | |
| 4710166625 | economic | pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities. | 32 | |
| 4710168808 | edict | a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. | 33 | |
| 4710169686 | egalitarian | asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life. | 34 | |
| 4710171102 | empire | a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire. | 35 | |
| 4710172163 | epidemic | Also, epidemical. (of a disease) affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent. | 36 | |
| 4710173719 | equitable | characterized by equity or fairness; just and right; fair; reasonable: | 37 | |
| 4710175333 | ethnocentrism | the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture. | 38 | |
| 4710176417 | eurocentrism (Eurocentric) | centered on Europe and Europeans. | 39 | |
| 4710178217 | feudalism | the feudal system, or its principles and practices. | 40 | |
| 4710179403 | filial piety | (in Confucianism) the important virtue and primary duty of respect, obedience, and care for one's parents and elderly family members. | 41 | |
| 4710180462 | forage | the seeking or obtaining of such food. | 42 | |
| 4710181734 | fundamental | serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: | 43 | |
| 4710184306 | genocide | the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. | 44 | |
| 4710185171 | globalization | the act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world | 45 | |
| 4710185898 | hegemony | leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation. | 46 | |
| 4710187310 | hierarchy | any system of persons or things ranked one above another. | 47 | |
| 4710188409 | Hinduism | the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology, many popular cults, and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god. Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu | 48 | |
| 4710189077 | ideology | the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group. | 49 | |
| 4710191601 | imperialism | the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies. | 50 | |
| 4710192767 | indentured servant | a person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time, usually seven years, especially during the 17th to 19th centuries. Generally, indentured servants included redemptioners, victims of religious or political persecution, persons kidnapped for the purpose, convicts, and paupers. | 51 | |
| 4710207077 | industrial | having many and highly developed industries | 52 | |
| 4710208087 | inflation | a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency | 53 | |
| 4710210349 | institution | an organization, establishment, foundation, society, or the like, devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, especially one of a public, educational, or charitable character | 54 | |
| 4710210941 | irrigation | the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops. | 55 | |
| 4710211694 | Judaism | the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the Talmud. | 56 | |
| 4710212794 | legitimate | in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards. | 57 | |
| 4710213650 | liberal | favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs. | 58 | |
| 4710214420 | manufacture | the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale | 59 | |
| 4710215305 | maritime | connected with the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc. | 60 | |
| 4710216206 | matriarchy | a family, society, community, or state governed by women. | 61 | |
| 4710217005 | medieval | of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages | 62 | |
| 4710217747 | merchant | a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader. | 63 | |
| 4710218477 | monarchy | a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. | 64 | |
| 4710219551 | monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God. | 65 | |
| 4710220972 | nation | a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: | 66 | |
| 4710221901 | negligible | so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded: | 67 | |
| 4710222894 | Neolithic | of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000-8000 b.c. in the Middle East. | 68 | |
| 4710224087 | nobility | the noble class or the body of nobles in a country. | 69 | |
| 4710225270 | nomad(ic) | a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply. | 70 | |
| 4710225740 | pagan | a member of a religious, spiritual, or cultural community based on the worship of nature or the earth; a neopagan. | 71 | |
| 4710227079 | pandemic | (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area. | 72 | |
| 4710227610 | papacy | the system of ecclesiastical government in which the pope is recognized as the supreme head. | 73 | |
| 4710228543 | pastoral | having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas | 74 | |
| 4710229811 | patriarchy | a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe. | 75 | |
| 4710231611 | periodization | an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study. | 76 | |
| 4710232040 | polytheism | the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods. | 77 | |
| 4710232933 | polygamy | the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time. | 78 | |
| 4710234127 | prehistoric | of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history | 79 | |
| 4710234786 | prevalent | widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance. | 80 | |
| 4710235476 | primary source | first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal | 81 | |
| 4710235995 | prolific | producing in large quantities or with great frequency; highly productive | 82 | |
| 4710237338 | Protestant | any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church. | 83 | |
| 4710238198 | rational | agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible | 84 | |
| 4710238973 | reform | the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: | 85 | |
| 4710240037 | regime | a mode or system of rule or government | 86 | |
| 4710240614 | revolution | an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. | 87 | |
| 4710241541 | rural | of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: | 88 | |
| 4710242087 | scribe | Judaism. one of the group of Palestinian scholars and teachers of Jewish law and tradition, active from the 5th century b.c. to the 1st century a.d., who transcribed, edited, and interpreted the Bible. | 89 | |
| 4710243418 | secondary source | next after the first in order, place, time, etc. | 90 | |
| 4710243523 | secular | of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal | 91 | |
| 4710244484 | serf | a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another | 92 | |
| 4710245708 | shaman | (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc. | 93 | |
| 4710246430 | slave | a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant. | 94 | |
| 4710247274 | stratified | to arrange in a hierarchical order, especially according to graded status levels. | 95 | |
| 4710247993 | subjective | existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought | 96 | |
| 4710248799 | subjugate | to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master | 97 | |
| 4710249567 | surplus | an amount, quantity, etc., greater than needed. | 98 | |
| 4710250734 | syncretic | he attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion. | 99 | |
| 4710251357 | theocracy | a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities. | 100 | |
| 4710251983 | urban | of, relating to, or designating a city or town. | 101 | |
| 4710252798 | veneration | the feeling of a person who venerates; a feeling of awe, respect, etc.; reverence: | 102 | |
| 4710253700 | xenophobic | unreasonably fearful of or hating anyone or anything foreign or strange. | 103 |
