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| 7514184731 | absolute monarchy | Ruled by a king or queen whose actions are not restricted by a written law or by custom | 0 | |
| 7514184732 | bureaucracy | A system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 1 | |
| 7514184733 | centralized state | country/city where all powers of government come from one central location | 2 | |
| 7514184734 | citizenship | informed and active membership in a political community | 3 | |
| 7514184735 | coercive | using force or threats to make someone do something | 4 | |
| 7514184736 | public works | projects built by the government for public use | 5 | |
| 7514184737 | supernatural sanction to rule | when officials claim religious connection in order to rule a society | 6 | |
| 7514184738 | cultural diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another | 7 | |
| 7514184739 | cultural assimilation | Absorption of a culturally distinct group into a dominant or prevailing culture | 8 | |
| 7514184740 | ambivalent | having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone | 9 | |
| 7514184741 | assuage | to persuade | 10 | |
| 7514184742 | social stratification | A system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy | 11 | |
| 7514184743 | political structure | look it up (good luck), you should know what it is :) | 12 | |
| 7514184744 | corvee labor | Unpaid/forced labor required by a governing authority | 13 | |
| 7514184745 | scholar official | an educated member of the government | 14 | |
| 7514184746 | scholar gentry | The Chinese class of well-educated men from whom many of the bureaucrats were chosen. Have land | 15 | |
| 7514184747 | eunuch | castrated male | 16 | |
| 7514184748 | landed estate | Aristocratic (elite) landholdings | 17 | |
| 7514184749 | serf | A person who is bound to land and owned by a feudal lord | 18 | |
| 7514184750 | outcaste | People who don't belong to any caste | 19 | |
| 7514184751 | aristocrat | A member of a rich and powerful family | 20 | |
| 7514184752 | animism | belief in a supernatural power that gives life (animates) the world | 21 | |
| 7514184753 | shamanism | belief in a supernatural world of spirits responsive to a priest or shaman | 22 | |
| 7514184754 | ancestor veneration | belief in supernatural powers of ancestors who have died | 23 | |
| 7514184755 | legalism | strict laws and harsh punishments make a good society | 24 | |
| 7514184756 | Confucianism | social harmony through moral example; secular outlook; importance of education; a good society is created by proper social relationships | 25 | |
| 7514184757 | Daoism | withdrawal from the world into contemplation of nature; simple living; end of striving | 26 | |
| 7514184758 | Hinduism | vedic religion (in Sanskrit) became Hinduism; Polytheistic-multiple manifestations of Brahman. Also believe in reincarnation and supports the caste system | 27 | |
| 7514184759 | Buddhism | suffering caused by desire/attachment; end of suffering through modest and moral living and meditation practice. 4 Noble Truths, Eightfold path, and belief in reincarnation | 28 | |
| 7514184760 | Judaism | monotheistic: transcendent high god; covenant with chosen people; social justice | 29 | |
| 7514184761 | Greek rationalism | style of persistent questioning; secular explanation of nature and human life. | 30 | |
| 7514184762 | Christianity | supreme importance of love based on intimate relationship with god; at odds with established authorities. A religion for all; salvation through faith in Jesus Christ | 31 | |
| 7514184763 | Yahweh | Hebrew name for God | 32 | |
| 7514184764 | piety | religious devotion | 33 | |
| 7514184765 | austere | stern, severe; plain | 34 | |
| 7514184766 | filial piety | respect shown by children for their parents and elders | 35 | |
| 7514184767 | aristocrats | rich landowners | 36 | |
| 7514184768 | social justice | upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles | 37 | |
| 7514184769 | moksha | the goal of Hindu liberation (freedom from the cycle) | 38 | |
| 7514184770 | diaspora | the dispersion of any people from their original homeland. | 39 | |
| 7514184771 | Zoroastrianism | Persian religion; good vs evil; heaven and hell concept | 40 |
