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| 10529340986 | absolutism | a political system in which a ruler holds total power | 0 | |
| 10529343781 | agriculture | the raising of crops and animals for food, feed, fiber, fuel, or other useful products | 1 | |
| 10529345676 | aristocracy | a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | 2 | |
| 10529349104 | bourgeoisie | the middle class | 3 | |
| 10529350093 | bureaucracy | a system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 4 | |
| 10529353435 | chiefdom | the kin structure with centralized points of authority (chiefs) within own specific groups or community | 5 | |
| 10529356115 | city-state | a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland | 6 | |
| 10529357446 | civilization | a complex, highly organized social order | 7 | |
| 10529359604 | demography | the scientific study of population characteristics | 8 | |
| 10529361156 | divination | the practice of seeking knowledge of the future of the unknown by supernatural means | 9 | |
| 10529366259 | dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 10 | |
| 10529366260 | empire | a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government | 11 | |
| 10529368518 | epidemic | a regional outbreak of a disease | 12 | |
| 10529369379 | feudalism | a political system based on bands of loyalty between lords and vassals, developed in the 8th century by European society | 13 | |
| 10529372599 | globalization | the development of a worldwide culture with an interdependent economy | 14 | |
| 10529373807 | indentured servant | one who worked for a set time without pay in exchange for free passage to America | 15 | |
| 10529376880 | interegional | interaction between regions | 16 | |
| 10529377834 | kingdom | a political region governed by a king or queen | 17 | |
| 10529381832 | medieval | in reference to the Middle Ages | 18 | |
| 10529384762 | merchant | a person who buys and sells goods | 19 | |
| 10529386167 | monotheism | the belief in one god or deity | 20 | |
| 10529387576 | nation (not country) | a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity | 21 | |
| 10529390255 | neolithic | the period of time about 10,000 BC, also called the Stone Age | 22 | |
| 10529391964 | nobility | the quality o being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank | 23 | |
| 10529393317 | nomad | a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons | 24 | |
| 10529395511 | pandemic | a global outbreak of an infectious disease | 25 | |
| 10529397204 | papacy | the central administration of the Roman Catholic church, of which the pope is the head | 26 | |
| 10529400192 | pastoral | in reference to shepherds and herders | 27 | |
| 10529402672 | patriarchal | in relation to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority | 28 | |
| 10529404241 | periodization | the division of history into periods of time | 29 | |
| 10529406919 | polytheism | the belief in multiple gods or deities | 30 | |
| 10529408111 | primary source | a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study | 31 | |
| 10529410782 | proselytize | to seek to convert someone to a religion, cause, belief, or political position | 32 | |
| 10529412506 | revolution | a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system | 33 | |
| 10529414984 | scribe | a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented | 34 | |
| 10529417505 | secondary source | information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event | 35 | |
| 10529419182 | serf | a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | 36 | |
| 10529420149 | shaman | an ancient doctor, healer, or priest that was called upon for religious ceremonies | 37 | |
| 10529422072 | rural | rustic, relating to the country or farming | 38 | |
| 10529423686 | slave | a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them | 39 | |
| 10529429262 | state | a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government | 40 | |
| 10529430912 | steppes | a large area of flat, unforested dry grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia | 41 | |
| 10529435409 | urban | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area | 42 |
