2856335413 | Advocated | to speak or write in favor of | 0 | |
2856336609 | agrarian | Farm land | 1 | |
2856336610 | arable | capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage: | 2 | |
2856337380 | assimilation | process by which a person or a groups language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group | 3 | |
2856338095 | capitalism | an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations | 4 | |
2856338827 | civilization | an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached | 5 | |
2856338828 | condoned | to disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable) | 6 | |
2856340196 | demography | the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations. | 7 | |
2856340197 | despot | any tyrant or oppressor | 8 | |
2856340823 | dissension | strong disagreement | 9 | |
2856340824 | diffuse | to spread or scatter widely or thinly; disseminate. | 10 | |
2856341967 | edict | any authoritative proclamation or command | 11 | |
2856341968 | embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports. | 12 | |
2856341969 | emigrate | to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate | 13 | |
2856342953 | eradicate | to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate: | 14 | |
2856342954 | feudalism | a social system in europe in the middle ages in which somebody fought and worked for someone and that person provided protection and arable land in return | 15 | |
2856344059 | filial | Relating to family | 16 | |
2856344631 | gentry | 1. wellborn and well-bred people. 2. (in England) the class below the nobility. 3. an upper or ruling class; aristocracy | 17 | |
2856346688 | hegemony | leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation | 18 | |
2856346697 | hinder | to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress. | 19 | |
2856349400 | Hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance. | 20 | |
2856350245 | infanticide | the act of killing an infant | 21 | |
2856351508 | indigenous | originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native | 22 | |
2856351509 | landlocked | shut in completely, or almost completely, by land : a landlocked bay. | 23 | |
2856352915 | literacy | the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write | 24 | |
2856354663 | manorial | a landed estate or territorial unit, | 25 | |
2856355569 | monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God | 26 | |
2856357076 | Nationalism | devotion and loyalty to one's own country; patriotism | 27 | |
2856357077 | Nuclear family | a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children. | 28 | |
2856358649 | Patriarchal | characteristic of an entity, family, church, etc., controlled by men: the highly patriarchal Mormon church. | 29 | |
2856358650 | polytheism | the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods. | 30 | |
2856360131 | Precipitate | to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis. | 31 | |
2856361880 | republic | a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them. | 32 | |
2856362522 | sect | a body of persons adhering to a particular religious faith; a religious denomination | 33 | |
2856363068 | secular | of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests. | 34 | |
2856363069 | serf | 1. a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another. 2. a slave. | 35 | |
2856363659 | socialism | a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole. | 36 | |
2856363660 | steppe | an extensive plain, especially one without trees. | 37 | |
2856364567 | theocracy | 1. a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities. 2. a system of government by priests claiming a divine commission. | 38 | |
2856366823 | traditional | of or relating to the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: | 39 | |
2856367463 | topography | the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality. | 40 | |
2856368195 | tutelage | instruction; teaching; guidance: His knowledge of Spanish increased under private tutelage. | 41 | |
2856372228 | urban | of, relating to, or designating a city or town | 42 |
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