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7277172349AdvocatedSupported0
7277172350Agrarianhaving to do with farms, farmers, or the use of land1
7277172351ArableSuitable for growing crops2
7277172352AssimilationOne culture merging with another to form a mixed culture3
7277172353CapitalismAn economic system based on private property and free enterprise.4
7277172354CivilizationA society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes5
7277172355Condonedto overlook, forgive.6
7277172356DemographyScientific study of human populations.7
7277172357despota ruler with absolute power8
7277172358dissensiondisagreement, sharp difference of opinion9
7277172359diffuseto spread or scatter freely10
7277172360Edictan official order issued by a person in authority11
7277172361EmbargoA ban on trade12
7277172362emigrateleave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.13
7277172363eradicateto wipe out; to destroy14
7277172364FeudalismA political system in which a lord owned all the land while the vessels and serfs farmed it15
7277172365filialrelating to a son or daughter16
7277172366GentryWealthy landowning class17
7277172367HegemonyDominance of one group over others18
7277172368Hinderto delay, to stop or prevent from happening19
7277172369HubrisExcessive pride20
7277172370Infanticideact of killing an infant21
7277172371Indigenousnative to a place22
7277172372Landlockedcompletely surrounded by land with no direct access to the ocean23
7277172373Literacyability to read and write24
7277172374ManorialA manor or estate owned by a lord25
7277172375MonotheismThe belief in one God26
7277172376NationalismA strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country27
7277172377nuclear familyMother, father and children living as a unit28
7277172378patriarchalrelating to a society in which men hold the greatest authority29
7277172379PolytheismBelief in more than one god30
7277172380PrecipitateUnexpected or prematurely31
7277172381RepublicA government with written laws32
7277172382sectA relatively small group that has broken away33
7277172383SecularNon-religious34
7277172384SerfsA person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times35
7277172385Socialisma system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production36
7277172386SteppeSparse, dry, treeless grassland37
7277172387TheocracyA government controlled by religious leaders38
7277172388traditionalLong-established, passed down through one's family39
7277172389Topographythe arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.40
7277172390tutelageprotection, or guardianship41
7277172391Urbancity42

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