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| 23771052 | cash crops | any crop that is considered easily marketable. | 0 | |
| 23771053 | coerced labor systems | a system where the workers were forced to work based on threats, pressure, or intimidation. | 1 | |
| 24047289 | colonialism | exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country. | 2 | |
| 24047290 | concessions in colonies | Colonies yielding the argument against them. conceding for the imperialists | 3 | |
| 24047291 | diasporas | any religious group living as a minority among people of the prevailing religion; the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity. | 4 | |
| 24047292 | "effective occupation" | The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 sought to regulate the competition between the powers by defining "effective occupation" as the criterion for international recognition of territorial claims. | 5 | |
| 24047293 | epidemic disease | any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people. | 6 | |
| 24047294 | extraterrioriality | privilege of immunity from local law enforcement enjoyed by certain aliens. Although physically present upon the territory of a foreign nation, those aliens possessing extraterritoriality are considered by customary international law or treaty to be under the legal jurisdiction of their home country. | 7 | |
| 24047295 | feudal | the social and economic arrangement under which people are paid for protection and farming privleges by giving goods and services to an overlord. | 8 | |
| 24047296 | ideology | the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group. | 9 | |
| 24048229 | imperial | characterizing the rule or authority of a sovereign state over its dependencies. | 10 | |
| 24048230 | imperialism | the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies. | 11 | |
| 24048231 | indentured servants | agreed to work for a certain period of time to pay off a debt of some kind or for exchange of travel expenses. | 12 | |
| 24048232 | industrialization | the development of industry on an extensive scale. | 13 | |
| 24048233 | labor union | Organization of workers for the purpose of increased lobbying power for benefits and wages | 14 | |
| 24051557 | laissez- faire capitalism | the idea that the economy could run itself w/o influence from the government. | 15 | |
| 24051558 | liberalism | a broad class of political philosophies that considers individual liberty and equality to be the most important political goals. | 16 | |
| 24051559 | manumission | the act of freeing slaves, done at the will of the owner. | 17 | |
| 24051560 | marxism | is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Marxism holds at its core a critical analysis of capitalism and a theory of social change. | 18 | |
| 24051561 | mercantilism | an economic theory that holds that the prosperity of a nation is dependent upon its supply of capital, and that the global volume of international trade is "unchangeable". | 19 | |
| 24052387 | middle class | the group of people in contemporary society who are between the working class and upper class. | 20 | |
| 24052388 | missionaries | a person sent by a church to spread their religion and help others. | 21 | |
| 24052389 | modernization | to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to. | 22 | |
| 24052390 | monopoly | exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. | 23 | |
| 24052391 | nation- state | a sovereign state inhabited by a relatively homogeneous group of people who share a feeling of common nationality. | 24 | |
| 24052392 | natural rights | any right that exists by virtue of natural law. | 25 | |
| 24052393 | patriarchy | a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line. | 26 | |
| 24052394 | joint- stock companies | partnership between two companies. | 27 | |
| 24052395 | political reforms | when someone or a group of people tries to change political policies in order to make them better. | 28 | |
| 24052396 | revolution | an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. | 29 | |
| 24052397 | sanitation systems | system designed to protect public health. | 30 | |
| 24052886 | sepoys | (formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, esp. of the British. | 31 | |
| 24052887 | social darwinism | "survival of the fittest" - the idea that only the strong survive. | 32 | |
| 24052888 | 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. | 33 | |
| 24052889 | sovereignty | the status, dominion, power, or authority of a sovereign; royalty. | 34 | |
| 24052890 | suffrage | the right to vote, esp. in a political election. | 35 | |
| 24052891 | syncretism | the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion. | 36 | |
| 24052892 | tax revenue | government income due to taxation. | 37 | |
| 24052893 | victorian | of or pertaining to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign. | 38 | |
| 24053312 | free- trade imperialism | trading with colonies w/o having to pay tax and getting things cheaper. | 39 | |
| 24053313 | humanitarian values | values that promote better conditions for people throughout the world. | 40 |
