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7195074984AbsolutismAdvocacy of a rule by absolute standards or principles.0
7195080944AdministerTo manage or supervise the execution, usse, or conduct of.1
7195087527Afro-African e.g Afro-American, Afro-Asiatic.2
7195093985AgrarianOf or relating to, or characteristic of farmers or their way of life.3
7195097486AnalyzeTo study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of.4
7195099440Anti-SemitismHostility towards or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group.5
7195105066ArableFit for or used for the growing of crops.6
7195110266-archySuffix for rule or government (e.g. Monarchy)7
7195115898AristocracyA class or group of people believed to be superior. Or that class governs the people believed to be inferior.8
7195120364AuthoritarianOf, or relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority.9
7195123655Balance of PowerAn equilibrium of power sufficient to discourage or prevent one nation or party from imposing its will on or interfering with the interests of another.10
7195131517BureaucracyGovernment characterized by specialization of functions, adherence to fixed rules, and a hierarchy of authority.11
7195136338CausationThe act or process of causing.12
7195140860-centricSuffix for being concentrated about, directed to, or located in or at a center.13
7195142328City-stateAn autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory.14
7195148006CoerceTo compel to an act or choice.15
7195148698ColonyA body of people living in a new territory, but retaining ties with the parent state.16
7195154346ConscriptionCompulsory enrollment of persons especially for military service.17
7195158895ContextThe interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs.18
7195163819Coup d'etatA sudden decisive exercise of force in politics. The violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group.19
7195168081DeforestationThe action or process of clearing of forests or the state of having been cleared of forests.20
7195170003DeityA god or goddess.21
7195174814DemocracyA government in which the power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically free elections.22
7195184814DemographyThe statistical study of human populations especially with reference to size and density, distribution, and vital statistics.23
7195187544DiffusionThe spread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to others by contact.24
7195190552DynastyA succession of rulers of the same line of descent.25
7195194665EgalitarianAsserting, promoting, or marked by a belief in human equality with respect to social, political, and economic affairs.26
7195196921EmpireA major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority.27
7195201250GlobalizationThe development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets.28
7195205649HierarchyA ruling body of clergy organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above it.29
7195254899IndentureA contract binding one person to work for another for a given period of time.30
7195263801KinshipThe quality or state of being kin.31
7195264850MetallurgyThe science and technology of metals.32
7195267408MigrationThe act, process, or an instance of migrating.33
7195272542Nation-stateA form of political organization under which a relatively homogeneous people inhabits a sovereign state.34
7195277559NomadicOf, or relating to, or characteristic of a people who have no fixed residence, but move from place to place usually seasonally and within a well-defined territory.35
7195288787PastoralA group of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen.36
7195292402PatriarchySocial organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal dependence of wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male line.37
7195299604Raw MaterialCrude or processed material that can be converted by manufacture, processing, or combination into a new and useful product.38
7195302810SedentaryNon-Migratory not nomadic group of people.39
7195310142SecularNot ecclesiastical or clerical.40
7195314058SyncretismThe combination of different forms of belief or practice.41
7195315776SynthesisThe composition or combination of a parts or elements so as to form a whole.42
7195322148StratificationThe act or process of dividing or arranging into classes, castes, or social strata.43
7195324636VernacularOf, relating to, or characteristic of a period, place, or group.44

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