8455848038 | adaptation | A changing to fit new conditions | 0 | |
8455848039 | administrative | Consists of those rules and procedures established by regulatory agencies. | 1 | |
8455848040 | Afro-Eurasia | The largest landmass on earth. Consist of Africa and Europe and parts of Asia. Africa, Europe, Asia, also known as the Old World | 2 | |
8455848041 | Agrarian | Concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land | 3 | |
8455848042 | animism | Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. | 4 | |
8455848043 | array | 1. A large group of people or things | 5 | |
8455848044 | artisan | A person who is skillful with his/her hands A skilled craftsperson | 6 | |
8455848045 | austerity | Condition of lacking pleasure or luxury Great self-denial, economy, discipline; lack of adornment | 7 | |
8455848046 | autocracy | A system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual | 8 | |
8455848047 | buoyed | float on surface of water | 9 | |
8455848048 | bureaucracy | A system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 10 | |
8455848049 | caesaropapism | Concept relating to the mixing of political and religious authority, as with the Roman emperors, that was central to the church versus state controversy in medieval Europe. | 11 | |
8455848050 | caravan | A group of traders traveling together | 12 | |
8455848051 | cartography | science or art of making maps | 13 | |
8455848052 | cash crop | a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco) | 14 | |
8455848053 | caste | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life | 15 | |
8455848054 | chattel slavery | Ownership of human beings; a system of bondage in which a slave has the legal status of property and so can be bought as sold like property. | 16 | |
8455848055 | civilization | A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes | 17 | |
8455848056 | classical period | Of or relating to a form or system considered if first significance in an earlier time; sets foundation of what's about to come | 18 | |
8455848057 | codification | The act or process of rendering laws in written form | 19 | |
8455848058 | coerced | to compel by force, intimidation, or authority | 20 | |
8455848059 | coercive labor | Any labor system that involves force (slavery, serfdom, and indentured labor) | 21 | |
8455848060 | colonial | Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory. | 22 | |
8455848061 | Columbian exchange | An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa. | 23 | |
8455848062 | Commercial | Relating to an interchange of goods | 24 | |
8455848063 | Commodities | Exports; raw materials or agri. Products and hey can be bought or sold | 25 | |
8455848064 | conduit | A means of transmitting information | 26 | |
8455848065 | Consequences | Effects that follow a response | 27 | |
8455848066 | consolidation | Combined and improve efficiency | 28 | |
8455848067 | continuity | Action that combines and improves efficiency | 29 | |
8455848068 | convergence | Coming together | 30 | |
8455848069 | corporal punishment | Any type of pain inflicted short of death; common methods include crucifixion, whipping, torture, mutilation, branding, and caning. Many tortures were used to extract a "confession" from the accused. | 31 | |
8455848070 | cross-cultural | investigates the similarities and differences in psychological functioning in and across various cultures and ethnic groups | 32 | |
8455848071 | Crusades | 1096 Christian Europe aim to reclaim Jerusalem and aid they Byzantines; 1st success and the rest a failure; weakens the Byzantines; opens up trade | 33 | |
8455848072 | cultivation | (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops | 34 | |
8455848073 | dar al-Islam | an Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule | 35 | |
8455848074 | decentralized | To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities | 36 | |
8455848075 | demographic | THE STATISTICAL STUDY OF HUMAN POPULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR SIZE, DENSITY, DISTRIBUTION, COMPOSITION, AND INCOME. | 37 | |
8455848076 | depletion | Process of allocating the cost of natural resources to periods when they are consumed and sold. | 38 | |
8455848077 | diaspora | A Greek word meaning 'dispersal,' used to describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland. Jews, for example, spread from Israel to western Asia and Mediterranean lands in antiquity and today can be found in other places. | 39 | |
8455848078 | diffusion | Is the process by which a characteristic spreads | 40 | |
8455848079 | dispersed | distributed or spread over a considerable extent | 41 | |
8455848080 | dissemination | The act of spreading widely; scattering | 42 | |
8455848081 | distinctive | of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing | 43 | |
8455848082 | diversity | (n.) difference, variety; a condition of having many different types of forms | 44 | |
8455848083 | divine | Of, or pertaining to, God. | 45 | |
8455848084 | divinity | a god or goddess; a divine being | 46 | |
8455848085 | domestic | not international | 47 | |
8455848086 | domesticated | brought under human control; tamed or cultivated | 48 | |
8455848087 | economic revolution | growth of towns and the rise of a class of wealthy merchants in Europe; population remains mostly rural and poor; increased wealth of nation; creation of national identity | 49 | |
8455848088 | egalitarian | Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people. | 50 | |
8455848089 | egalitarianism | A belief in the equality of all people | 51 | |
8455848090 | elite | (n.) the choice part of a group of people or things; (adj.) superior | 52 | |
8455848091 | empire | A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler | 53 | |
8455848092 | empirical | of an empire | 54 | |
8455848093 | enclave | (n.) an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character | 55 | |
8455848094 | endemic | belonging to a particular area; inherent | 56 | |
8455848095 | epidemic | A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease. | 57 | |
8455848096 | ethical | (adj.) Having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase | 58 | |
8455848097 | exalt | to raise high; glorify | 59 | |
8455848098 | exemplify | To illustrate by example; to serve as a good example | 60 | |
8455848099 | exploit | (v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; (n.) a feat, deed | 61 | |
8455848100 | facilitated | made easy; helped bring about, assisted | 62 | |
8455848101 | feudalism | A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land | 63 | |
8455848102 | filial | Having to do with a son | 64 | |
8455848103 | filial piety | In Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors | 65 | |
8455848104 | financial | Fiscal | 66 | |
8455848105 | flora and fauna | all vegetation and animal life | 67 | |
8455848106 | flourish | N. AN EMBELLISHMENT OR ORNAMENTATION, V. MEANING TO GROW VIGOROUSLY, OR TO THRIVE | 68 | |
8455848107 | fluctuate | To change continually; to move up and down | 69 | |
8455848108 | foraging | the act of searching for food and provisions | 70 | |
8455848109 | fortification | A term used generally to describe the process of adding nutrients to foods, such as the addition of vitamin D to milk. | 71 | |
8455848110 | globalization | Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope | 72 | |
8455848111 | governance | divided government | 73 | |
8455848112 | hegemony | the domination of one state or group over its allies | 74 | |
8455848113 | Hellenistic | A cultural blend, under Alexander's policies, of Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian. Koine was the popular spoken language used in these cities. | 75 | |
8455848114 | hemisphere | Half of a sphere | 76 | |
8455848115 | hierarchical | A form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or peoples. | 77 | |
8455848116 | imperial | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. | 78 | |
8455848117 | implications | Possible conclusions | 79 | |
8455848118 | imposition | An unwelcome demand; a burden | 80 | |
8455848119 | indigenous | Living, growing, or produced naturally in a particular place; native | 81 | |
8455848120 | influx | a mass arrival or incoming | 82 | |
8455848121 | infrastructure | Fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools | 83 | |
8455848122 | innovation | An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something. | 84 | |
8455848123 | integrate | To end separation of different races and bring into equal membership in society | 85 | |
8455848124 | intensification | The process of getting more in return for less. For example growing more food on a smaller plot of land. | 86 | |
8455848125 | interactions | All the living and nonliving relationships that exist with an ecosystem | 87 | |
8455848126 | interconnection | -people, countries, and the entire world are interconnected economically (one's decision to drink a cup of coffee traces back to coffee farmers in Colombia) | 88 | |
8455848127 | intercultural | Communication among people with differing cultural backgrounds | 89 | |
8455848128 | interior | Area away from the coast Cabinet department responsible for the management of public lands, wildlife, natural resources, and Native American affairs. Established in 1849 | 90 | |
8455848129 | interregional | Permanent movement from one region of a country to another. | 91 | |
8455848130 | kinship | A social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption | 92 | |
8455848131 | legitimize | To give credit or recognition to | 93 | |
8455848132 | lineage | Group claiming a common ancestor | 94 | |
8455848133 | linguistic | Study of Language | 95 | |
8455848134 | literary | appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing | 96 | |
8455848135 | Mamluks | Under the Islamic system of military slavery, Turkic military slaves who formed an important part of the armed forces of the Abbasid Caliphate of the ninth and tenth centuries. Mamluks eventually founded their own state, ruling Egypt and Syria (1250-1517) | 97 | |
8455848136 | manifestation | an indication or sign of a condition | 98 | |
8455848137 | manorialism | An economic system based on the manor and lands including a village and surrounding acreage which were administered by a lord. It developed during the Middle Ages to increase agricultural production. | 99 | |
8455848138 | maritime | A humid air mass that forms over oceans. | 100 | |
8455848139 | mercantile | dealing with trade | 101 | |
8455848140 | mercantalism | Economic system of trading nations; belief that a nation's power was directly related to its wealth | 102 | |
8455848141 | metallurgy | The science and technology of metals (part of 1st agricultural rev.) technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties. Predates plant and animal domestication (e.g., gold, silver, copper, tin, iron,...). | 103 | |
8455848142 | migration | Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location. | 104 | |
8455848143 | missionary | A person of a particular faith that travels in order to recruit new members into the faith represented | 105 | |
8455848144 | monastic | A way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith | 106 | |
8455848145 | monasticism | A way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith | 107 | |
8455848146 | monetization | establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country | 108 | |
8455848147 | monogamy | A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other. | 109 | |
8455848148 | monopoly | (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller | 110 | |
8455848149 | monotheism | Belief in one god | 111 | |
8455848150 | monsoon | A regional scale wind system that predictably change direction with the passing of the seasons. These winds blow from land to sea in the winter, and from sea to land in the summer. In summer they are often accompanied with precipitation. | 112 | |
8455848151 | monumental | Massive, very great, very important | 113 | |
8455848152 | nascent | starting to develop; coming into existence | 114 | |
8455848153 | obligation | A legal or moral responsibility or duty | 115 | |
8455848154 | papacy | The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head. | 116 | |
8455848155 | pastoralism | A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter. | 117 | |
8455848156 | pathogen | A disease causing agent | 118 | |
8455848157 | patriarchal | Dominated by men | 119 | |
8455848158 | peopling | Immigration and Migration - Changes in birth, marriage, and death rates; life expectancy and family patterns | 120 | |
8455848159 | persist | refusing to give up | 121 | |
8455848160 | plague | (n.) an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths; a widespread evil; (v.) to annoy or bother | 122 | |
8455848161 | polytheism | Belief in many gods | 123 | |
8455848162 | predate | come before | 124 | |
8455848163 | prestige | High standing; respect earned by accomplishments | 125 | |
8455848164 | proliferation | An increase in number, multiplication | 126 | |
8455848165 | propaganda | Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. | 127 | |
8455848166 | prosperity | (noun) wealth, success | 128 | |
8455848167 | ravage | (v.) to destroy, lay waste, ruin; (n.) ruinous damage, destruction | 129 | |
8455848168 | reconnaissance | (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examinatio | 130 | |
8455848169 | reconstituted | reconstructed, reorganized | 131 | |
8455848170 | reformation | ..., a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches | 132 | |
8455848171 | regional | An element in literature that conveys a realistic portrayal of a specific geographical locale, using the locale and its influences as a major part of the plot. | 133 | |
8455848172 | reign | (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed for "disloyalty" | 134 | |
8455848173 | renaissance | 1350-1550; cultural/political movement that influence political reforms, literature, and the arts | 135 | |
8455848174 | revenue | An increase in owner's equity resulting from the operation of a business | 136 | |
8455848175 | reverence | Deep respect felt or shown towards a person on account of his or her position or relationship. | 137 | |
8455848176 | schism | (n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions | 138 | |
8455848177 | secular | Non-religious | 139 | |
8455848178 | Shamanism | A community Faith where the people followed Shaman - small and isolated - traditional religions | 140 | |
8455848179 | Social structure | How human beings are organized in a society. There is often a hierarchy (Rich, Middle Class, Poor as an example or Noble, Freeborn and Peasant as another) which forms layers—the most powerful on top, the less powerful towards the bottom. Feudalism is a social structure, with a King on top, a small layer of Nobles, a layer of Knights, a layer of Clergy (churchmen) and finally a large population of Peasants. | 141 | |
8455848180 | staple crops | Crops that are always needed | 142 | |
8455848181 | stimulated | Gave an incentive to | 143 | |
8455848182 | stratification | A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society. | 144 | |
8455848183 | stratified | Arranged in a hierarchical order of society | 145 | |
8455848184 | subsequently | later; afterward; next | 146 | |
8455848185 | surplus | A situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded | 147 | |
8455848186 | syncretic | Traditions that borrow from both the past and present | 148 | |
8455848187 | synthesized | made by bringing together different elements | 149 | |
8455848188 | tax farming | To generate money for territorial expansion rulers used new methods to get money like Tribute systems and _____ _____. Under this system the government hires private individuals to go out and collect taxes for them. | 150 | |
8455848189 | textiles | Fabrics that are woven or knitted; material for clothing | 151 | |
8455848190 | theocracy | A government controlled by religious leaders | 152 | |
8455848191 | trans | movement from one place to another | 153 | |
8455848192 | transformed | Changed in appearance given a completely different form or appearance | 154 | |
8455848193 | transoceanic | situated on the other side of the ocean; crossing the ocean | 155 | |
8455848194 | trans regional | across several geographic regions | 156 | |
8455848195 | tribute | Money paid for protection | 157 | |
8455848196 | unprecedented | Happening for the first time, never heard of before | 158 | |
8455848197 | urbanization | An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. | 159 | |
8455848198 | vassal | (n.) a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance; a subordinate or dependent; a servant; (adj.) subservient | 160 | |
8455848199 | veneration | Honor, profound respect | 161 | |
8455848200 | vermin | Any of various small animals or insects that are pests | 162 |
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