7349296231 | agriculture | the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming | 0 | |
7349300269 | Agrarian | relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property | 1 | |
7364658925 | analyze | to examine critically and bring out the essential elements | 2 | |
7364662156 | Animism | the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possesses souls | 3 | |
7364670521 | art | the expression or application of human creative skill in a visual form such as painting or sculpture | 4 | |
7366408478 | emigration | the act of leaving one's country permanently to settle in another | 5 | |
7366412679 | elite | a special selection of a group that is superior to everyone else because of ablilties | 6 | |
7366425088 | economy | the state of a country or region in terms of production and consumption of goods and services and supply of money | 7 | |
7366437000 | demography | the study of statistics that affect the human population such as birth, death, and income | 8 | |
7366444545 | coup (d'etat) | the sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government | 9 | |
7366476977 | belief system | a set of principles that define the basis of religion and philposophy | 10 | |
7366497740 | climate | the general weather condition in an area of a long period of time | 11 | |
7366504714 | domestication | the process of taming and keeping and animal for home and farm use | 12 | |
7366507115 | continuity | the unbroken and consistent period of something | 13 | |
7366524791 | diffusion | circulation of ELEMENTS of one culture to another set of people | 14 | |
7366532370 | Egalitarianism | the doctrine stating that all people are equal and have equal rights | 15 | |
7366540588 | diaspora (Greek for dispersion) | communities of ethnic groups that live outside of their homeland | 16 | |
7366622132 | empire | an large group of states under a single supreme authority | 17 | |
7366648243 | epidemic | a situation where a large number of people have caught the same infectious disease at one time | 18 | |
7366765587 | Filial Piety | a virtue of respect for parents, elders, and ancestors in Confucian philosophy | 19 | |
7366778558 | gender | the state of being male or female (usually used in cultural differences) | 20 | |
7366811518 | geography | the study of the physical features of the earth and how people relate to them (land use, population) | 21 | |
7367846107 | kinship | the relation between the members of the same family | 22 | |
7367906678 | matrilineal | of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line | 23 | |
7368098238 | history | the study of past events of development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices | 24 | |
7368104410 | imperial | relating to empire or the emperor | 25 | |
7368107371 | Neolithic | period of the Stone Age more widely known as the age of Agricultural Revolutions (comes after Paleolithic age) | 26 | |
7368205345 | bureaucracies | systems of government in which state officials make the important decisions rather than the elected representatives | 27 | |
7368288700 | pop culture | entertainment spread by mass communications and enjoyed by worldwide appeal | 28 | |
7368359571 | Nomadic | a group of people that continuously migrate to find pastures and water due to scarcity of resources | 29 | |
7368368416 | philosophy | the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence | 30 | |
7368390719 | maritime | relating to shipping or other activities near the sea | 31 | |
7368414125 | pastoral | relating to keeping or grazing of sheep and cattle | 32 | |
7368450054 | rural | relating to the countryside and not the town | 33 | |
7368466472 | urban | relating or characteristic of a city or town | 34 | |
7368495507 | political structure | the way that the government is run by interactions, regulations, and laws in the group. | 35 | |
7368524228 | popular | suited for the general public | 36 | |
7368539735 | revolution | FORCIBLE overthrow of a government based on the favor of a new system | 37 | |
7368606091 | periodization | dividing the past into discrete, quantified, named blocks that facilitate the study of history | 38 | |
7368619058 | patriarchy | a government or system run by male leaders and the head of the family is descended through the male line | 39 | |
7368631325 | Paleolithic | the old Stone Age and before the Neolithic Age | 40 | |
7368656346 | prehistory | period of time before written records | 41 | |
7368677736 | religion | a particular system of faith and worship in a supernatural controlling force, such as gods | 42 | |
7368771358 | civilization | ADVANCED STAGE of human development where people behave well to one another and share the same culture in an area or period of time | 43 | |
7368845351 | culture | arts, customs, and achievements of a social group or nation | 44 | |
7368959456 | suffrage | right to politically vote | 45 | |
7369009309 | trade | buying, selling, and exchange of goods and services | 46 | |
7369033707 | tribute | doing an act to show respect and admiration for someone | 47 | |
7369055529 | syncretism | the attempt of combining different religion, culture, or school of thought | 48 | |
7369073044 | secession | the act of withdrawing yourself from a political party | 49 | |
7369091526 | surplus | an excess amount than what is needed | 50 | |
7369105444 | urbanization | making an area more city-like | 51 | |
7369116997 | technology | application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes | 52 | |
7369214360 | secular | not concerned with a religion and not religious or sacred | 53 | |
7369243520 | state | a nation or territory considered as organized community under one government | 54 | |
7369254954 | science | study or knowledge of the physical and natural world with observation and experiment | 55 | |
7369278440 | social class | a division of people based on social class and economic status | 56 |
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