Summer Assignment Vocab
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| 7170656180 | Abate Absolutism | the less intense or widespread acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters | 0 | |
| 7170656181 | Adjacent Agrarian | (neighboring/next to) relating to cultivated or cultivation of land | 1 | |
| 7170656182 | Agriculture | the business of farming and/or raising of plants and animals | 2 | |
| 7170656183 | Anthropomorphic | attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods | 3 | |
| 7170656184 | Aristocracy | a government in which power is held by nobility or hereditary titles/offices | 4 | |
| 7170656185 | Avarice | extreme greed for wealth or material gain | 5 | |
| 7170656186 | Bias Buddhism | prejudice in favor of or against the holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment that enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths, usually in a way considered to be unfair | 6 | |
| 7170656187 | Bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives | 7 | |
| 7170656188 | Capital Capitalism | an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit | 8 | |
| 7170698102 | Capitulate | cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender | 9 | |
| 7170803076 | Centralized | concentrate (control of an activity or organization) under a single authority | 10 | |
| 7170803077 | Charlatan Chattel | a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or possession; a fraud | 11 | |
| 7170803078 | Chiefdom | a form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies usually based on kinship, and in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families or 'houses' | 12 | |
| 7170803079 | Christianity | the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices | 13 | |
| 7170803080 | City-State | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state | 14 | |
| 7170803081 | Civilization Clergy | the body of all people in a cilvilization ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church | 15 | |
| 7170803082 | Coerce | to compel, force | 16 | |
| 7170803083 | Colonialism | the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically | 17 | |
| 7170803084 | Colony | a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country | 18 | |
| 7170803085 | Communism | the idea that society should be based on public ownership and communal control of property | 19 | |
| 7170803086 | Confucianism | the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct | 20 | |
| 7170803087 | Copious Culture | culture that is abundant in supply or quantity | 21 | |
| 7170803088 | Daoism | a Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature | 22 | |
| 7170803089 | Deforestation | is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the trees cannot reproduce faster than they are being removed (usually converted into farms, etc) | 23 | |
| 7170803090 | Demography | the scientific study of population characteristics | 24 | |
| 7170803091 | Derive Diaspora | to obtain something from; the dispersion of any people from their original homeland (possibly following others) | 25 | |
| 7170803092 | Divine Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country (the gods) | 26 | |
| 7170803093 | Economic Edict | an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority pertaining to the economy (money related) | 27 | |
| 7170803094 | Egalitarian Empire | an extensive group of countries or states under a supreme authority believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities | 28 | |
| 7178386123 | Encroach | intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right) | 29 | |
| 7178386124 | Epidemic | a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time | 30 | |
| 7178386125 | Equitable | fair, just, embodying principles of justice | 31 | |
| 7178386126 | Ethnocentrism | belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group over another | 32 | |
| 7178386127 | Feudalism | political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals | 33 | |
| 7178386128 | Forage | to search for food or provisions | 34 | |
| 7178386129 | Fundamental | basic; primary; essential | 35 | |
| 7178386130 | Genocide | the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation | 36 | |
| 7178386131 | Globalization | the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale | 37 | |
| 7178386132 | Hegemony | leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others | 38 | |
| 7178386133 | Hierarchy | a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority | 39 | |
| 7178386134 | Hinduism | having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology, many popular cults, and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god | 40 | |
| 7178386135 | Ideology | a system of social or political ideas | 41 | |
| 7178386136 | Imperialism | a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force | 42 | |
| 7178386137 | Incursion | an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one | 43 | |
| 7178386138 | Indentured Servant Indignant | bound by a contract, obligated, enslaved | 44 | |
| 7178386139 | Industrial | big industries and big businesses, industrial complexes of/ relating to industry | 45 | |
| 7178386140 | Inflation | a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money | 46 | |
| 7178386141 | Institution | an organization founded and united for a specific purpose | 47 | |
| 7178386142 | Intermediary | someone who acts as a go-between or mediator between two people or groups of people | 48 | |
| 7178386143 | Judaism | the monotheistic religion of the Jews | 49 | |
| 7178386144 | Lambast | criticize severely or angrily | 50 | |
| 7178386145 | Legitimate | lawful, rightful; reasonable, justifiable | 51 | |
| 7178386146 | Malfeasance | misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official | 52 | |
| 7178386147 | Manufacture | to make by hand or by machine; to change raw material into a new product | 53 | |
| 7178386148 | Maritime | connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity | 54 | |
| 7178386149 | Matriarchy | a form of social organization in which females dominate males (women rule) | 55 | |
| 7178386150 | Medieval | referring to the Middle Ages | 56 | |
| 7178386151 | Merchant | a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade | 57 | |
| 7178386152 | Monarchy | a form of government with a monarch at the head (a royal family) | 58 | |
| 7178386153 | Monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God | 59 | |
| 7178386154 | Munificence | generosity in giving | 60 | |
| 7178386155 | Myriad | a countless or extremely great number | 61 | |
| 7178501803 | Nation | a politically organized body of people under a single government | 62 | |
| 7178501804 | Negligible | so unimportant or insignificant that it can be disregarded | 63 | |
| 7178501805 | Neolithic | relating to or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed | 64 | |
| 7178501806 | Nobility | a class of people having high birth or rank | 65 | |
| 7178501807 | Nomad(-ic) | a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock | 66 | |
| 7178501808 | Pagan | a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions | 67 | |
| 7178501809 | Pandemic | a global outbreak of an infectious disease | 68 | |
| 7178501810 | Papacy | the office or authority of the Pope | 69 | |
| 7178501811 | Parity | equality, as in amount, status, or value | 70 | |
| 7178501812 | Pastoral | (especially of land or a farm) used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle | 71 | |
| 7178501813 | Patriarchy | a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line | 72 | |
| 7178501814 | Periodization Placate | the process or study of categorizing the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time in order to facilitate the study and analysis of history to make someone less angry | 73 | |
| 7178501815 | Plethora | excess; overabundance | 74 | |
| 7178501816 | Polytheism | the belief in or worship of more than one god | 75 | |
| 7178501817 | Prehistoric | the time or period before recorded or written history | 76 | |
| 7178501818 | Prevalent | commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced | 77 | |
| 7178501819 | Primary Source | something made or written by someone who was there at the time; an original record | 78 | |
| 7178501820 | Prolific | abundantly productive; abundant, profuse | 79 | |
| 7178501821 | Protestant | a member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation | 80 | |
| 7178501822 | Prowess | distinguished bravery; superior skill or ability | 81 | |
| 7178501823 | Rational | based on or in accordance with reason or logic | 82 | |
| 7178501824 | Reform | to make changes in order to improve | 83 | |
| 7178501825 | Regime | a government in power; a form or system of rule or management; a period of rule | 84 | |
| 7178501826 | Revolution | a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system | 85 | |
| 7178501827 | Rural | found in or living in areas that are not close to cities (country) | 86 | |
| 7178501828 | Scribe | a person who writes things down | 87 | |
| 7178501829 | Secondary Source | information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event (based on other sources) | 88 | |
| 7178501830 | Secular | denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis | 89 | |
| 7178501831 | Serf | an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate | 90 | |
| 7178501832 | Shaman | a person believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick | 91 | |
| 7178501833 | Slave | a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them | 92 | |
| 7178501834 | State | a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government | 93 | |
| 7178501835 | Stratified | arranged in layers | 94 | |
| 7178501836 | Subjective | based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions | 95 | |
| 7178501837 | Subjugate | to conquer by force, bring under complete control | 96 | |
| 7178501838 | Surplus | a situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded | 97 | |
| 7178501839 | Syncretic | a religion that combines several traditions or philosophies | 98 | |
| 7178501840 | Textile | a fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing | 99 | |
| 7178501841 | Theocracy | a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god | 100 | |
| 7178501842 | Tumultuous | marked by disturbance and uproar; raising a great clatter and commotion | 101 | |
| 7178501843 | Ubiquitous | present, appearing, or found everywhere | 102 | |
| 7178501844 | Urban | found or living in a city | 103 | |
| 7178501845 | Veneration | great respect; reverence | 104 | |
| 7178501846 | Xenophobic | having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries/foreigners | 105 |
