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14021911291Qualifymake fit or prepared0
14021911292Quandrya state of perplexity or doubt1
14021911293Quantifyexpress as a number or measure or quantity2
14021911294Quantityhow much there is of something that you can quantify3
14021911295Questthe act of searching for something4
14021911296Racismdiscriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race5
14021911297Racialof or related to genetically distinguished groups of people6
14021911298Radical(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm7
14021911299Rationalhaving its source in or being guided by the intellect (distinguished from experience or emotion)8
14021911300Rationalefundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based); fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action9
14021911301Raw materialmaterial suitable for manufacture or use or finishing10
14021911302Rebela person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)11
14021911303Rebellionorganized opposition to authority12
14021911304Reforma change for the better as a result of correcting abuses13
14021911305Regimea government in power; a form or system of rule or management; a period of rule14
14021911306Reincarnationthe Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of hell) depending on the person's own actions15
14021911307Republica political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them16
14021911308Revenuethe entire amount of income before any deductions are made17
14021911309Revoltorganized opposition to authority18
14021911310Revolutionthe overthrow of a government by those who are governed19
14021911311The RightPolitically active religious conservatives who became particularly vocal in the 1980's. The New Right criticized feminism, opposed abortion and homosexuality, and promoted "Family values" and military preparedness.20
14021911312RimlandThe land, often islands and coastal plains, around the edge of an area21
14021911313Ruralliving in or characteristic of farming or country life22
14021911314Russo-Russian23
14021911315Sacredmade or declared or believed to be holy24
14021911316Scholasticof or relating to schools25
14021911317Secedeto leave or withdraw26
14021911318Secessionformal separation from an alliance or federation27
14021911319Secondaryof second rank or importance or value28
14021911320Secularworldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion; temporal29
14021911321Sedentarycharacterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place30
14021911322Segregationa social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups31
14021911323Serfa person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord32
14021911324Serfdomfeudal system, the use of serfs to work the land in return for protection against barbarian invasions33
14021911325Shamanin societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds34
14021911326Shamanisman animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans35
14021911327Sino-Chinese, related to China36
14021911328Skepticismdoubt about the truth of something37
14021911329Slaverythe practice of owning slaves38
14021911330Social DarwinismThe application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.39
14021911331Social democracya political ideology in which there is a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism instead of a sudden violent overthrow of the system40
14021911332Socialisma political theory advocating state ownership of industry41
14021911333Socio-economicinvolving social as well as economic factors42
14021911334Sovereigntygovernment free from external control. Also refers to Royal Authority.43
14021911335Sovereigna nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right44
14021911336Sphere of influencethe geographical area in which one nation is very influential45
14021911337Statea politically organized body of people under a single government46
14021911338Status quo ante bellumthe way things were before the war47
14021911339Stratasubdivisions of population according to some characteristics (eg males and females). also means layers of sedimentary rock.48
14021911340Stratificationthe act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata49
14021911341Subsistenceminimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting50
14021911342Syncreticrelating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections51
14021911343Tariffa government tax on imports or exports52
14021911344Teleologythe explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes. • Theology: the doctrine of design and purpose in the material world.53
14021911345Teleologicalethical theory concerned with outcome, whether an action produces greater good in the world54
14021911346Terminalcausing or ending in or approaching death55
14021911347Territorythe geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state56
14021911348Territorialof or relating to the local vicinity57
14021911349Terrorismthe calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature58
14021911350Textileof or relating to fabrics or fabric making59
14021911351Theocracythe belief in government by divine guidance60
14021911352Third WorldTerm applied to a group of developing countries who professed nonalignment during the Cold War.61
14021911353Totalitariancharacterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control62
14021911354Traditiona specific practice of long standing63
14021911355Trusta consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service64
14021911356Unanimityeveryone being of one mind. Complete agreement.65
14021911357Unionthe state of being joined or united or linked. Also refers to the Northern States in the US Civil War.66
14021911358Urbanrelating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area67
14021911359Utopianan idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer68
14021911360Venerationreligious zeal69
14021911361Verbalcommunicated in the form of words70
14021911362Verbalizeexpress in speech71
14021911363Vernacularthe everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)72
14021911364Viceroygovernor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign73
14021911365The Westthe United States, Great Britain, France, and other democratic nations74
14021911366Working classa social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages75
14021911367World-systems theoryeconomic and political connections that tie the world's countries together76

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