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| 197895198 | abolish | do away with | 0 | |
| 197895199 | acquisition | an ability that has been acquired by training | 1 | |
| 197895200 | agrarian | relating to rural matters | 2 | |
| 197895201 | agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | 3 | |
| 197895202 | ascetic | practices self denial as spiritual discipline | 4 | |
| 197895203 | annex | take illegally, as of territory | 5 | |
| 197895204 | atrocities | cruel and inhumane acts that people commit against each other | 6 | |
| 197895205 | bureaucracy | system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 7 | |
| 197895206 | caliph | the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | 8 | |
| 197895207 | capitalist | a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) | 9 | |
| 197895208 | capitulations | These were agreements that exempted European visitors from Ottoman law and provided European powers with extraterritoriality—the right to exercise jurisdiction over their own citizens according to their laws. This agreement dated back to the sixteenth century when Ottomans did not want to govern foreign merchants. In the nineteenth century these agreements were humiliating intrusions on their sovereignty. | 10 | |
| 197895209 | colonization | system of settling new lands that remain under the government of their native land | 11 | |
| 197895210 | communism | a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | 12 | |
| 197895211 | conscription | forced military service | 13 | |
| 197895212 | conservatism | a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | 14 | |
| 197895213 | cultural diffusion | the spread of cultural elements from one society to another | 15 | |
| 197895214 | decentralized | withdrawn from a center or place of concentration | 16 | |
| 197895215 | democracy | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 17 | |
| 197895216 | disillusionment | freeing from false belief or illusions | 18 | |
| 197895217 | domestic | a household servant | 19 | |
| 197895218 | dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 20 | |
| 197895219 | empire | a group of countries under a single authority | 21 | |
| 197895220 | envoy | someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | 22 | |
| 197895221 | extraterritorality | The extension by a government of the applications of its laws to foreign operations of companies | 23 | |
| 197895222 | fascism | a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism) | 24 | |
| 197895223 | feudalism | a political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages; nobles offered protection and land in return for service | 25 | |
| 197895224 | immigrant | a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there | 26 | |
| 197895225 | imperialism | any instance of aggressive extension of authority | 27 | |
| 197895226 | indentured labor | labor under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time, typically three to seven years, in exchange for their transportation, food, clothing, lodging and other necessities | 28 | |
| 197895227 | indigenous | originating where it is found | 29 | |
| 197895228 | industrialization | the development of industry on an extensive scale | 30 | |
| 197895229 | kingdom | a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state | 31 | |
| 197895230 | maritime | bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea | 32 | |
| 197895231 | mercantilism | an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | 33 | |
| 197895232 | merchant | a businessperson engaged in retail trade | 34 | |
| 197895233 | metallurgy | the science and technology of metals | 35 | |
| 197895234 | migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | 36 | |
| 197895235 | monasticism | asceticism as a form of religious life | 37 | |
| 197895236 | monotheism | belief in a single God | 38 | |
| 197895237 | nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | 39 | |
| 197895238 | nomadic | (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently | 40 | |
| 197895239 | pastoral | a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) | 41 | |
| 197895240 | patriarchal | characteristic of a patriarchy | 42 | |
| 197895241 | polytheism | belief in multiple Gods | 43 | |
| 197895242 | popular sovereignty | people hold the final authority in all matters of government | 44 | |
| 197895243 | prohibit | command against | 45 | |
| 197895244 | reform | a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses | 46 | |
| 197895245 | reparation | compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury | 47 | |
| 197895246 | rural | living in or characteristic of farming or country life | 48 | |
| 197895247 | secular | concerning those not members of the clergy | 49 | |
| 197895248 | sedentary | used of persons or actions | 50 | |
| 197895249 | self-determination | the ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will | 51 | |
| 197895250 | shia | the branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad | 52 | |
| 197895251 | socialism | a political theory advocating state ownership of industry | 53 | |
| 197895252 | subserviant | subordinate in capacity or role, submissively obedient, serving to promote some end | 54 | |
| 197895253 | suffrage | a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution | 55 | |
| 197895254 | sunni | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam, a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad | 56 | |
| 197895255 | tax | charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government | 57 | |
| 197895256 | totalitarianism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 58 | |
| 197895257 | urban | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area | 59 |
