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| 10149749370 | Absolutism | the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters | 0 | |
| 10149752045 | Administration | the officials in the executive branch of government under a particular chief executive | 1 | |
| 10149754016 | Agrarian | of or relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land | 2 | |
| 10149819482 | Analyze | discover or reveal (something) through detailed examination | 3 | |
| 10149829547 | Arable | (of land) used or suitable for growing crops. (of crops) able to be grown on suitable land. | 4 | |
| 10149870594 | Aristocracy | the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices | 5 | |
| 10149942649 | Artisan | a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand | 6 | |
| 10149951643 | Assimilation | the process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group; the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas | 7 | |
| 10149987390 | Authoritarianism | the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom. | 8 | |
| 10150005766 | Autocracy/-cratic | a system of government by one person with absolute power; a country, state, or society governed by one person with absolute power. | 9 | |
| 10150010672 | Boycott | withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest. | 10 | |
| 10150016627 | Bourgeoisie | the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes. | 11 | |
| 10150028143 | Bullion | gold or silver in bulk before coining, or valued by weight. | 12 | |
| 10150039031 | Bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. | 13 | |
| 10150041638 | Capital/-ism | an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. | 14 | |
| 10150059054 | Cartel | an association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition | 15 | |
| 10150063635 | Caste | the system of dividing society into hereditary classes | 16 | |
| 10150077006 | Causation | the action of causing something; the relationship between cause and effect; causality. | 17 | |
| 10150086287 | Centralized | concentrate (control of an activity or organization) under a single authority | 18 | |
| 10150087301 | Chiefdom | agricultural societies that ran under the authority of a chief/s | 19 | |
| 10150176794 | Circa (c. ca.) | (often preceding a date) approximately | 20 | |
| 10150189691 | Citizen | a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection | 21 | |
| 10150233680 | City-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. | 22 | |
| 10150238950 | Civil service | the permanent professional branches of a government's administration, excluding military and judicial branches and elected politicians. | 23 | |
| 10150250749 | Civilization | the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced | 24 | |
| 10150252707 | Coerce/-ive | relating to or using force or threats | 25 | |
| 10150264215 | Colonialism | the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. | 26 | |
| 10150314125 | Colony | a group of people who settle in a new place but keep ties to their homeland | 27 | |
| 10150335319 | Commerce/-cial | the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale; making or intended to make a profit | 28 | |
| 10152419893 | Commodity | a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee. | 29 | |
| 10152419894 | communal | shared by all members of a community; for common use | 30 | |
| 10152421868 | communism | all means of production are owned in common, rather than by individuals; political and economic system in which the major productive resources in a society—such as mines, factories, and farms—are owned by the public or the state, and wealth is divided among citizens equally or according to individual need | 31 | |
| 10152421869 | compare | estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between | 32 | |
| 10152401466 | Conscript/-ion | enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services | 33 | |
| 10169834370 | Conservative | holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion. | 34 | |
| 10169841857 | Consumerism | the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers; the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable | 35 | |
| 10169856031 | Contemporary | living or occurring at the same time | 36 | |
| 10169865027 | Contextualization | place or study in context; process of assigning meaning as a means of interpreting the environment within which a text or action is executed | 37 | |
| 10169882484 | Cosmopolitan | familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures; a person who is free from local, provincial, or national bias or attachment; citizen of the world | 38 | |
| 10169924613 | Coup d'état | a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government | 39 | |
| 10169928151 | Credit | the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future | 40 | |
| 10169948470 | Culture | the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively; The sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another; transmitted, through language, material objects, ritual, institutions, and art, from one generation to the next. | 41 | |
| 10169957723 | Currency | a system of money in general use in a particular country | 42 | |
| 10169959125 | De facto | in fact, or having effect, whether by right or not | 43 | |
| 10170278095 | Debt | something, typically money, that is owed or due | 44 | |
| 10170279584 | Decentralized | transfer (authority) from central to local government | 45 | |
| 10170285696 | Deficit | the amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small. | 46 | |
| 10170287851 | Deforestation | the action of clearing a wide area of trees | 47 | |
| 10170289692 | Deity | a god or goddess (in a polytheistic religion) | 48 | |
| 10170295593 | Democracy | a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives | 49 | |
| 10170298679 | Demography | the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations. | 50 | |
| 10170300989 | Despotism | the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way | 51 | |
| 10170303661 | Determinism | the doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will. Some philosophers have taken determinism to imply that individual human beings have no free will and cannot be held morally responsible for their actions. | 52 | |
| 10170305679 | Dictator/-ship | a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force. | 53 | |
| 10170308649 | Diplomacy | the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad | 54 | |
| 10170339282 | Dissemination | the act of spreading something, especially information, widely; circulation | 55 | |
| 10170340407 | Diversity | the state of being diverse; variety | 56 | |
| 10170343165 | Doctrine | a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group | 57 | |
| 10170347271 | Domestic | of or relating to the running of a home or to family relations | 58 | |
| 10170361590 | Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country | 59 | |
| 10170363654 | ecological | relating to or concerned with the relation of living organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings | 60 | |
| 10170372160 | economy/-ic | the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services. | 61 | |
| 10170375616 | egalitarian | of, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities | 62 | |
| 10170375617 | emancipate/-ion | set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions | 63 | |
| 10170383145 | emerging markets | countries that may become developed markets in the future or were in the past. | 64 | |
| 10170391541 | emigration | leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another | 65 | |
| 10170398423 | empire | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress | 66 | |
| 10170401068 | epidemic | a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time | 67 | |
| 10170402526 | ethnic/-icity | of or relating to a population subgroup (within a larger or dominant national or cultural group) with a common national or cultural tradition | 68 | |
| 10170406555 | ethnocentric | evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture. | 69 | |
| 10170410068 | evaluate | form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess | 70 | |
| 10170411566 | executive (branch) | The branch of federal and state government that is broadly responsible for implementing, supporting, and enforcing the laws made by the legislative branch and interpreted by the judicial branch. | 71 | |
| 10170421420 | economic specialization | A system of organizing the manufacture of an article in a series of separate specialized operations, each of which is carried out by a different worker or group of workers. | 72 | |
| 10170429386 | fascism | an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. | 73 | |
| 10170431441 | feminism/-ist | the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. | 74 | |
| 10170433872 | feudalism | the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection. | 75 | |
| 10170436923 | filial | of or due from a son or daughter | 76 | |
| 10170551456 | forage | (of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions | 77 | |
| 10170552666 | free market | an economic system in which prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses | 78 | |
| 10170554791 | free trade | international trade left to its natural course without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions. | 79 | |
| 10170556973 | fundamental/-ism | forming a necessary base or core; of central importance; a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture. | 80 | |
| 10170566814 | gender | the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones) | 81 | |
| 10170572570 | genocide | the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. | 82 | |
| 10170573752 | globalization | the process of developing economic, social, cultural, and political interdependence across international borders | 83 | |
| 10170576199 | government | the system by which a nation, state, or community is governed | 84 | |
| 10170578304 | guild | a medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power. | 85 | |
| 10170580349 | hegemony | leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others | 86 | |
| 10170582393 | hierarchy | a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority. | 87 | |
| 10170584788 | historiography | the study of historical writing. | 88 | |
| 10170588432 | horticulture/-al | the art or practice of garden cultivation and management. | 89 | |
| 10170590943 | ideology | a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy | 90 | |
| 10170594666 | imperial/-ism | of or relating to an empire | 91 | |
| 10170597526 | indigenous | originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native | 92 | |
| 10170599597 | industry/-trial | economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories | 93 | |
| 10170601716 | infrastructure | the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. | 94 | |
| 10170603427 | inherent | existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute | 95 | |
| 10170604491 | immigration | the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country | 96 | |
| 10170607549 | inverse/invert | opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or effect | 97 | |
| 10170609074 | judiciary/judicial | the judicial authorities of a country; judges collectively. | 98 | |
| 10170616298 | junta | a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force | 99 | |
| 10170618784 | kin/kinship | one's family and relations; blood relationship. | 100 | |
| 10170625148 | laissez-faire | a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. | 101 | |
| 10170628111 | -lateral (uni-, bi-, tri-) | of, at, toward, or from the side or sides; (uni-):(of an action or decision) performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of another or the others ; (bi-):having or relating to two sides; (tri-): shared by or involving three parties | 102 | |
| 10170640100 | legislature | the legislative (having power to make laws) body of a country or state. | 103 | |
| 10170645911 | legitimacy | conforming to the law or to rules | 104 | |
| 10170652529 | liberal | open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values | 105 | |
| 10170653718 | malnutrition | lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat. | 106 | |
| 10170655748 | mandate (v. & n.) | an official order or commission to do something | 107 | |
| 10170667339 | maritime | connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity | 108 | |
| 10170684923 | mercantilism | belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. | 109 | |
| 10170686221 | meritocracy | government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability. | 110 | |
| 10170688233 | metallurgy | the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification. | 111 | |
| 10170690063 | metropolitan | of, relating to, or denoting a metropolis, often inclusive of its surrounding areas | 112 | |
| 10170691457 | middle class | the social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business workers and their families | 113 | |
| 10170694045 | migration | seasonal movement of animals from one region to another | 114 | |
| 10170695823 | modernity | the quality or condition of being modern | 115 | |
| 10170697291 | monarchy | a form of government with a monarch at the head | 116 | |
| 10170701612 | monopoly | the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service | 117 | |
| 10170703400 | nation | a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory | 118 | |
| 10170705467 | nation-state | a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent. | 119 | |
| 10170707733 | nationalism | patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts. | 120 | |
| 10170737037 | NGOs | nongovernmental organization. | 121 | |
| 10170738926 | nomad/-ic | a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock. | 122 | |
| 10170741943 | orthodox/-y | (of a person or their views, especially religious or political ones, or other beliefs or practices) conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved | 123 | |
| 10170745110 | pacifism | the belief that any violence, including war, is unjustifiable under any circumstances, and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means. | 124 | |
| 10170746444 | partisan/-ship | a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person; prejudice in favor of a particular cause; bias | 125 | |
| 10170753654 | pastoral | (especially of land or a farm) used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle | 126 | |
| 10170757404 | paternal | of or appropriate to a father | 127 | |
| 10170760387 | paternal/-istic | relating to or characterized by the restriction of the freedom and responsibilities of subordinates or dependents in their supposed interest | 128 | |
| 10170763949 | patriarch/-al, -archy | the male head of a family or tribe; a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line. | 129 | |
| 10170770214 | patronize | treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority; give encouragement and financial support to (a person, especially an artist, or a cause) | 130 | |
| 10170790095 | peasant | a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries). | 131 | |
| 10170798145 | period/-ization | divide (a portion of time) into periods. | 132 | |
| 10170800861 | periphery | the outer limits or edge of an area or object | 133 | |
| 10170802835 | plurality | the fact or state of being plural | 134 | |
| 10170808069 | politics/-al | the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power; of or relating to the government or the public affairs of a country | 135 | |
| 10170812351 | polygamy | the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time. | 136 | |
| 10170816017 | popular participation | the active involvement of citizens in the socio-political activities of a country. It can also be seen as the practice of involving the citizens in the governance of their country and in deciding important socio-cultural, political and economic matters. | 137 | |
| 10170824289 | proletariat | workers or working-class people, regarded collectively | 138 | |
| 10170827461 | propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view | 139 | |
| 10170831821 | protectorate | a state that is controlled and protected by another | 140 | |
| 10170834262 | province/-ial | a principal administrative division of certain countries or empires | 141 | |
| 10170838639 | push-pull factors | factors that drive people away from a place and draw people to a new location. | 142 | |
| 10170845277 | race/-ism, -ial | each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics; prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior | 143 | |
| 10170908171 | radical | (especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough | 144 | |
| 10171098216 | raw material | the basic material from which a product is made. | 145 | |
| 10171101172 | rebel/rebellion | a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler | 146 | |
| 10171104419 | reform | make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it | 147 | |
| 10171107375 | regime | a government, especially an authoritarian one; a system or planned way of doing things, especially one imposed from above | 148 | |
| 10171113157 | regional/-ism | of, relating to, or characteristic of a region; the theory or practice of regional rather than central systems of administration or economic, cultural, or political affiliation | 149 | |
| 10171120347 | republic | a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. | 150 | |
| 10171121672 | revenue | income, especially when of a company or organization and of a substantial nature. | 151 | |
| 10171140100 | revolt | rise in rebellion; refuse to acknowledge someone or something as having authority | 152 | |
| 10171144125 | revolution | a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. | 153 | |
| 10171145935 | rural | in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town | 154 | |
| 10171147792 | secede/secession | withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization | 155 | |
| 10171150893 | secular | denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis | 156 | |
| 10171157518 | sedentary | (of a person) tending to spend much time seated; somewhat inactive. | 157 | |
| 10171159660 | segregation | the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart | 158 | |
| 10171161209 | slavery | the practice or system of owning slaves | 159 | |
| 10171165815 | socialism | a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. | 160 | |
| 10171167219 | socio-economic | relating to or concerned with the interaction of social and economic factors. | 161 | |
| 10171170511 | sovereignty | supreme power or authority | 162 | |
| 10171180420 | standardized | cause (something) to conform to a standard | 163 | |
| 10171256479 | state (n.) | the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time; a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government | 164 | |
| 10171263601 | status quo | the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues | 165 | |
| 10171271472 | stratification | place (seeds) close together in layers in moist sand or peat to preserve them or to help them germinate. | 166 | |
| 10171277583 | subsistence | the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level | 167 | |
| 10171294141 | syncretic/-ism | the amalgamation (the action, process, or result of combining or uniting) or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought. | 168 | |
| 10171302772 | synthesis | combination or composition | 169 | |
| 10171305198 | tariff | a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports. | 170 | |
| 10171310561 | territorial | of or relating to the ownership of an area of land or sea | 171 | |
| 10171311895 | theocracy | a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. | 172 | |
| 10171317888 | Third World | the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. | 173 | |
| 10171320089 | totalitarian/-ism | of or relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state | 174 | |
| 10171321692 | tribute | payment made periodically by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence | 175 | |
| 10171323101 | union (n.) | the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context; an organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests | 176 | |
| 10171324931 | urban/-ization | in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town | 177 | |
| 10171326520 | utopian | modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic. | 178 | |
| 10171327798 | venerate/-tion | regard with great respect | 179 | |
| 10171328871 | working class | the social group consisting of people who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work | 180 | |
| 10171328872 | the West | the noncommunist states of Europe and North America, contrasted with the former communist states of eastern Europe | 181 | |
| 10171330488 | xenophobia | intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries | 182 |
