7140606283 | afro- | african | 0 | |
7140610270 | agrarian | concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land | 1 | |
7140610973 | anarchism/anarchy | a political philosophy that opposes government in any form, lack of government | 2 | |
7140611574 | arable | suitable for growing crops | 3 | |
7140613293 | archaic | ancient; old-fashioned | 4 | |
7140613893 | aristocracy | a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | 5 | |
7140615350 | asceticism | severe self discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence | 6 | |
7140617062 | authoritarian/-ism | a government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power, like a dictator | 7 | |
7140618054 | balance of trade | the difference between a country's total exports and total imports | 8 | |
7140619148 | bureaucrat/bureaucratic/bureaucracy | a system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 9 | |
7140620401 | capital/capitalism | an economic system based on private ownership of capital (money for investment) | 10 | |
7140621749 | capitol | a building where the legislative body of a republic, state, or country meets | 11 | |
7140625664 | capitulate | to surrender | 12 | |
7140626271 | cartel | a formal organization of producers that agree to coordinate prices and production | 13 | |
7140626809 | casualty | a person killed or injured in a war or accident | 14 | |
7140628180 | celibacy/celibate | Abstinence | 15 | |
7140628897 | central/-centric | located in the center of a thing or place | 16 | |
7140631279 | chauvinism | fanatical devotion to one's country, gender, religion, etc. | 17 | |
7140633895 | class struggle | the ongoing conflict between those who own the means of production and those who work | 18 | |
7140634443 | coerce/coercive | to force | 19 | |
7140634444 | conjuncture | a combination of circumstances; a particular state of affairs | 20 | |
7140638295 | conscript/conscription | a military draft | 21 | |
7140638296 | constitutionalism | basic principle that government and those who govern must obey the law; the rule of law | 22 | |
7140645458 | consumer/consumerism | a person or organization that uses a product or service | 23 | |
7140645459 | conflate | to combine into one | 24 | |
7143703020 | contingency | a possible future event that must be prepared for or guarded against; possibility | 25 | |
7143705307 | corollary | a direct or natural consequence or result | 26 | |
7143705971 | cosmopolitan | worldly, sophisticated | 27 | |
7143707050 | coup d'état | a sudden overthrow of the government | 28 | |
7143707871 | -cracy | government by | 29 | |
7143708494 | credit | an arrangement to receive cash, goods, or services now and pay for them in the future. | 30 | |
7143709697 | debit | a sum withdrawn or subtracted from an account. | 31 | |
7143710712 | deficit | an excess of federal expenditures over federal revenues | 32 | |
7143711228 | demography | the scientific study of population characteristics | 33 | |
7143712069 | diplomacy | the art of conducting negotiations with other countries | 34 | |
7143713489 | dogma/dogmatic | an unproven principle or belief held to be true | 35 | |
7143713852 | dualism | the presumption that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact | 36 | |
7143715019 | eclectic | choosing from various sources | 37 | |
7143715299 | egalitarian | a person who believes in the equality of all people | 38 | |
7143715798 | filial | relating to a son or daughter | 39 | |
7143716416 | fiscal | financial | 40 | |
7143718280 | forage | to search for food | 41 | |
7143718566 | frame of reference | a system for specifying the precise location of objects in space and time | 42 | |
7143719643 | free trade | international trade free of government interference | 43 | |
7143720241 | frontier | a zone where no state exercises complete political control | 44 | |
7143722691 | fundamentalism/fundamental | movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles | 45 | |
7143723215 | genocide | deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group | 46 | |
7143723867 | guild | a medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people. | 47 | |
7143724655 | hegemony | the domination of one state or group over its allies | 48 | |
7143725246 | helio- | relating to the sun | 49 | |
7143726527 | historiography | the study of historical writing | 50 | |
7143727066 | hyper- | excessive | 51 | |
7143727312 | hypo- | below | 52 | |
7143727880 | Iberian | includes spain and portugal | 53 | |
7143729098 | indenture | an agreement binding an apprentice to a master | 54 | |
7143729876 | -ism/-ist/-ize | a state or condition/ one who/ to make | 55 | |
7143730396 | kin/kinship | a social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption | 56 | |
7143732191 | laissez-faire | policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy | 57 | |
7143733944 | -lateral | side | 58 | |
7143734157 | the "Left"/leftist | refers to a liberal political position | 59 | |
7143734741 | -logy | study of | 60 | |
7143735174 | malnutrition | faulty or inadequate diet | 61 | |
7143735946 | maritime | relating to the sea | 62 | |
7143736550 | materiel | military materials and equipment | 63 | |
7143736551 | meso- | middle | 64 | |
7143736945 | meta- | beyond, change | 65 | |
7143738764 | metallurgy | the science of working with metals | 66 | |
7143738991 | metropole/metropolitan | dominant part of an empire/ pertaining to a major city | 67 | |
7143739640 | militarism | a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war | 68 | |
7143741041 | monastery/monastic | a community of monks/ extremely plain or secluded | 69 | |
7143741042 | monetary | of or relating to money or currency | 70 | |
7143743156 | monogamy | marriage to only one person at a time | 71 | |
7143744276 | monopoly | complete control of a product or business by one person or group | 72 | |
7143747128 | nationalism | a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country | 73 | |
7143747465 | neo- | new | 74 | |
7143747701 | pacifism | opposition to all war | 75 | |
7143748019 | pan- | all | 76 | |
7143748020 | polygamy | the system of having more than one spouse at a time | 77 | |
7143749155 | pragmatism/pragmatic | the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth, practical | 78 | |
7143749156 | protectorate | a country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power | 79 | |
7143752220 | proto- | first | 80 | |
7143752651 | push-pull factors | something pushes them away from their native country and pulls them toward a new place | 81 | |
7143754818 | quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt | 82 | |
7143755238 | raw material | a resource that can be used to make a product | 83 | |
7143755876 | regime | a government in power | 84 | |
7143756309 | the "Right" | conservative group of people | 85 | |
7143757524 | russo- | russian | 86 | |
7143758729 | secular | non-religious | 87 | |
7143759398 | sedentary | inactive | 88 | |
7143760261 | shaman/-ism | a person believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick | 89 | |
7143760262 | sino- | china | 90 | |
7143763070 | social darwinism | the belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle | 91 | |
7143763807 | social democracy | a political ideology favoring gradual transition from capitalism to socialism | 92 | |
7143764577 | socialism | a system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production | 93 | |
7143766289 | sovereignty/sovereign | the authority of a state to govern itself or another state | 94 | |
7143767619 | sphere of influence | a foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities | 95 | |
7143769086 | status quo ante bellum | how things were before the war | 96 | |
7143769968 | stratification | systematic inequalities in things such as wealth, income, education, power, and status | 97 | |
7143770364 | subsistence | the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level | 98 | |
7143770853 | syncretic/syncretism | a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith | 99 | |
7143772067 | tariff | tax on imports | 100 | |
7143772371 | teleology/teleological | a system that interprets nature or the universe as having design or purpose | 101 | |
7143776952 | theocracy | a government controlled by religious leaders | 102 | |
7143777752 | totalitarian | having to do with a government in which one person, group, or party controls everything | 103 | |
7143777941 | unanimity | oneness of mind; complete agreement | 104 | |
7143778216 | veneration | great respect, special regard | 105 | |
7143778850 | vernacular | everyday language of ordinary people | 106 | |
7143780046 | viceroy | an official who rules in the name of the king or queen | 107 |
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