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| 14621275291 | state | a nation under one government OR a nation's government (Depending on the context) | 0 | |
| 14621276871 | empire | a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single government | 1 | |
| 14621278072 | city-state | a city and its immediate surrounding lands that function as an independent nation | 2 | |
| 14621278713 | centralized government | a government in which power is concentrated in a central authority to which local government are subject; political power is manly held by the top level of government. | 3 | |
| 14621281709 | decentralized government | a government in which power is spread out to lower levels of government and the highest level of government has limited authority | 4 | |
| 14621282827 | Bureaucracy (Civil service) | government agencies/departments that carry out decisions made by the government (bureaucracy is made up of bureaucrats) | 5 | |
| 14621287365 | commerce | trade | 6 | |
| 14621287366 | governance | the action or manner of ruling a state | 7 | |
| 14621288250 | dynasty | a series of rulers from a single family | 8 | |
| 14621289692 | autocracy | a government in which one person has unlimited authority | 9 | |
| 14621291182 | administration | the process of running an organization, including a government | 10 | |
| 14621292070 | homogeneous | composed of the same kind | 11 | |
| 14621292502 | heterogeneous | composed of different kinds | 12 | |
| 14621293705 | diffusion | the process of spreading out | 13 | |
| 14621294468 | interregional | relating to between regions (as interregional commerce) | 14 | |
| 14621298581 | Intraregional | relating to between a region (as intraregional commerce) | 15 | |
| 14621300299 | Afro-Eurasia | the dominant landmass of the Eastern Hemisphere composed of Africa, Europe and Asia | 16 | |
| 14621302061 | Cross-cultural | the relationship(s) between different societies | 17 | |
| 14621302953 | diaspora | the scattering of any people from their original homeland (jewish diaspora, african diaspora) | 18 | |
| 14621305436 | western hemisphere | the half of the earth that includes the landmasses of North America and South America, including the Carribean | 19 | |
| 14621308347 | Eastern Hemisphere | the half of the earth that includes the landmasses of Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia | 20 | |
| 14621309256 | Coerced Labor | work that is forced (as in a "coerced labor system", examples of which include chattel slavery or corvée labor) | 21 | |
| 14621312877 | evangelistic | seeking religious converts (missionary) | 22 | |
| 14621314185 | syncretism | the merging of different cultures, including religions, into a new form | 23 | |
| 14621315213 | sinification | the process by which non-Chinese societies come under the influence of chinese culture | 24 | |
| 14621317397 | Egalitarian | the equality of all people | 25 | |
| 14621317975 | transoceanic | extending across the ocean | 26 | |
| 14621318645 | maritime | relating to the sea | 27 | |
| 14621319133 | demography | the study of social statistics | 28 | |
| 14621319633 | autonomy | having a self-governing community | 29 | |
| 14621320393 | patriarchy | a social system in which power is held by men | 30 |
