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2487229179AbsolutismThe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters0
2487229180AgricultureAlso called farming - the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinals and other products used to sustain and enhance human life1
2487229181AristocracyA form of government in which power is held by the nobility2
2487229182BiasPrejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair3
2487229183BureaucracyA system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives4
2487229184ChiefdomA form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families or "houses"5
2487229185City-StateAn independent or autonomous entity, not administered as a part of another local government whose territory consists of a city and possibly its surrounding territory6
2487229186CivilizationAny complex state society characterized by a social hierarchy, symbolic communication forms, and a perceived separation from and domination over the natural environment7
2487229187CommercialEngaged in commerce- the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any country8
2487229188DemographyThe study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations9
2487229189DivinationThe practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means10
2487229190DynastyA sequence of rulers considered as members of the same family11
2487229191EmpireA geographically extensive group of states and people United and ruled by a central authority either by a monarch or an oligarchy12
2487229192EpidemicA widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time13
2487229193ForageTo search widely for food or provisions14
2487229194GlobalizationThe process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture15
2487229195Indentured ServantA labor system where young people paid for their passage to the new world by working for an employer for a number of years16
2487229196Inter regionalRelating to, or conducted between two or more regions17
2487229197KingdomA monarchy ruled by a king or queen18
2487229198MedievalOf, relating to, or characteristic of the Middle Ages19
2487229199MerchantA business person who trades in commodities produced by others, in order to earn a profit20
2487229200MonotheismThe belief that there is only one God21
2487229201NationA large group of people who share a common language, ethnicity, descent, or history22
2487229202NeolithicRelating to, or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed23
2487229203NobilityThe quality of being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank24
2487229204NomadA member of a community of people who live from one place to another finding food, water, animals, and places to live25
2487229205OceanA large body of saline water that composes much of a planets hydrosphere26
2487229206PandemicAn epidemic of infectious disease that has spread through human population across a large region (multiple continents)27
2487229207PapacyThe office or authority of the pope28
2487229208PastoralLand or a farm used for the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle29
2487229209PatriarchalA system of society or government controlled by men30
2487229210PeriodizationThe attempt to categorize universal history or divide time into named blocks31
2487229211PolytheismThe belief in or worship of more than one God32
2487229212PrehistoricThe time before written records33
2487229213Primary SourceOriginal matters that have not been altered or distorted in any way34
2487229214RevolutionA forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system; instance of revolving35
2487229215ScribeA person who writes books or documents by hand as a professions and helps keep track of records36
2487229216SeaThe connected body of salty water that covers 70% of the earths surface37
2487229217Secondary sourceA document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere38
2487229218SerfAn agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lords estate39
2487229219ShamanA person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits, especially peoples of Asia and North America - practice divination and healing40
2487229220SlaveA person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them41
2487229221StateThe present condition of a system or entity42
2487229222SteppedA large flat area of land with grass and very few trees especially in Eastern Europe and Asia43
2487229223UrbanCharacterized by higher population density and human features in comparison to the areas surrounding it44

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