14617006646 | Absolutism | the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters. | 0 | |
14617006647 | Administer | to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of | 1 | |
14617006648 | Afro- | African | 2 | |
14617006649 | Agrarian | relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land. | 3 | |
14639458191 | Analyze | examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation. | 4 | |
14639458192 | Anti-Semitism | hostility to or prejudice against Jews | 5 | |
14639458193 | Arable | used or suitable for growing crops | 6 | |
14639458194 | -Archy | government | 7 | |
14639458195 | Aristocracy | the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices. | 8 | |
14639458196 | Authoritarian | favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom | 9 | |
14639458197 | Balance of Power | a situation in which nations of the world have roughly equal power | 10 | |
14639458198 | Bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives | 11 | |
14639458199 | Causation | the action of causing something | 12 | |
14639458200 | -Centric | in or at the center; central | 13 | |
14639458201 | City-State | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state | 14 | |
14639458202 | Coerce | persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats | 15 | |
14639458203 | Colony | a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country | 16 | |
14639458204 | Conscription | compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces | 17 | |
14639458205 | Context | the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed | 18 | |
14639458206 | Coup d'etat | a sudden overthrow of the government | 19 | |
14639458207 | Deforestation | the action of clearing a wide area of trees | 20 | |
14639458208 | Deity | a god or goddess | 21 | |
14639458209 | Democracy | a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives | 22 | |
14639458210 | Demography | the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations | 23 | |
14639458211 | Diffusion | the spreading of something more widely | 24 | |
14639458212 | Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country | 25 | |
14639458213 | Egalitarian | of, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities | 26 | |
14639458214 | Empire | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress | 27 | |
14639458215 | Globalization | the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale | 28 | |
14639458216 | Hierarchy | a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority | 29 | |
14639458217 | Indenture | a legal agreement, contract, or document | 30 | |
14639458218 | Kinship | blood relationship | 31 | |
14639458219 | Mettalurgy | the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification | 32 | |
14639458220 | Migration | seasonal movement of animals from one region to another | 33 | |
14640129354 | Nation-State | a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent | 34 | |
14640129355 | Nomadic | living the life of a nomad; wandering | 35 | |
14640129356 | Pastoral | used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle | 36 | |
14640129357 | Patriarchy | a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line | 37 | |
14640129358 | Raw Material | the basic material from which a product is made | 38 | |
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14640129359 | Secular | denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis | 40 | |
14640129360 | Syncretism | the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought | 41 | |
14640129361 | Synthesis | the combination of ideas to form a theory or system | 42 | |
14640129362 | Stratification | the arrangement or classification of something into different groups | 43 | |
14640129363 | Vernacular | the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region | 44 |
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