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4788910946agrarianrelating to fields or land for farming0
4788910947analysisseparating a whole entity into its component parts for examination1
4788910948artifactsomething made or altered by humans for a practical purpose (used for historical analysis, especially before writing)2
4788910949assimilationto incorporate and absorb into surrounding environment3
4788910950barterto trade one commodity for another without the use of money4
4788910951BC/BCEBefore Christ/Before Common Era5
4788910952AD/CEAnno Domini (in the year of our lord)/Common Era6
4788910953biastendency toward prejudice; personal judgement7
4788910954bureaucracya body of non-elected government officials that make policy8
4788910955capitalismeconomic system characterized by private ownership, free-enterprise and lack of government involvement in the economy9
4788910956cash cropa readily salable crop produced primarily for market (ex: cotton, tobacco)10
4788910957centurya grouping of 100 years11
4788910958chronologyan arrangement of events in order of occurrence (1st to last)12
4788910959circaat, in or approximately; used especially with dates (ex. Circa 1570)13
4788910960circum-maritimeworld-wide, ocean-going trade14
4788910961city-statean autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory15
4788910962civilizationa relatively high level of cultural and technological development (including writing)16
4788910963codifyto classify and formally write down17
4788910964colonialismcontrol by one power or country over a dependent area and/or people18
4788910965command economyeconomic system where activity is controlled by a central authority (government) and means of production are publicly owned19
4788910966comparisonexamination of two entities, noting similarities and differences20
4788910967connectiona causal or logical relationship, a tie21
4788910968consumerone that uses or utilized economic goods and serivices22
4788910969continuityuninterrupted and/or duration without essential change(s)23
4788910970coup d'etata sudden, decisive exercise of force in politics; violent overthrow or altering of existing government by a small group24
4788910971culturethe characteristic features of a group or people: includes food, religion, etc25
4788910972decadea grouping of ten years26
4788910973decolonizationto be free from colonial status27
4788910974demographythe statistical study of human populations especially related to size, distribution, density, and vital statistics28
4788910975dictatora person granted absolute power and control29
4788910976diffusionspread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to another through contact30
4788910977diversitybeing composed of different elements (as peoples, races, cultures)31
4788910978domesticof or relating to one's own home country32
4788910979domesticationto adapt animals and/or plants for human use and benefit33
4788910980dynastya succession of rulers from the same family34
4788910981ecumenethe permanently inhabited portion of the earth35
4788910982elitesthe best or highest of a class, socially superior36
4788910983emancipationliberation, freeing (as in slaves)37
4788910984empirea political unit having a great extent of territories or peoples under a single authority38
4788910985entrepota centre of trade and transshipment39
4788910986entrepreneurone who organizes, manages and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise40
4788910987eraa period of time identified by prominent of characteristic features41
4788910988evolutiona process of continual change42
4788910989ethnic grouplarge groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic or cultural origin or background43
4788910990ethno-centrismhaving the attitude that one's own culture group is superior to others44
4788910991expansionincreasing in size45
4788910992factsomething that is provable; verifiable, actual46
4788910993federalrelating to the national government47
4788910994federalismin the U.S., a division of power between the national and the state governments48
4788910995feudalismpolitical system where underlords hold/use land in return for military protection and peasants work the land in return for protection49
4788910996forageto wander in search of food50
4788910997genderthe behavioral, cultural or psychological traits typically associated with one sex, male or female51
4788910998genocidethe deliberate, systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group52
4788910999globalof or relating to the entire world53
4788911000globalizationthe development of an increasingly integrated world economy54
4788911001habitatthe place or environment where a plant, animal or person naturally lives55
4788911002hegemonyinfluence or authority exerted by a dominant group over others56

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