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| 2531425302 | Industrial Revolution | A period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s, beginning in Great Britain, quickly spread throughout the world. | 0 | |
| 2531630872 | mercantilism | the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism. | 1 | |
| 2531632319 | domestic | a system of manufacturing based upon work done at home on materials supplied by merchant employers —contrasted with factory system — compare cottage industry. | 2 | |
| 2531669489 | cottage industry | a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home. | 3 | |
| 2531686819 | 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). | 4 | |
| 2531689529 | aristocrat | a member of the aristocracy | 5 | |
| 2531705394 | nationalism | a belief, creed or political ideology that involves an individual identifying with, or becoming attached to, one's nation. | 6 | |
| 2531711777 | deforestation | the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses. | 7 | |
| 2531717946 | Empire | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress. | 8 | |
| 2531719225 | Columbian Exchange | the widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable diseases, technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres | 9 | |
| 2531730783 | irrigation | the watering of land to make it ready for agriculture. If you want to start a strawberry farm in the desert, irrigation will be necessary. Irrigation comes from the Latin for "moist" or "wet," but it means the purposeful wetting of something. | 10 | |
| 2531737050 | mobilization | to assemble and make ready for war duty | 11 | |
| 2531758219 | Confucianism | the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct. | 12 | |
| 2531766436 | diplomacy | the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations. | 13 | |
| 2531781849 | manifestation | a list of the cargo carried by a ship, made for the use of various agents and officials at the ports of destination. | 14 | |
| 2531810451 | diversified | to invest in different types of, to produce different types of | 15 | |
| 2531824320 | hierarchy | a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority. | 16 | |
| 2531828094 | egalitarian | of, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. | 17 | |
| 2531833358 | government | the governing body of a nation, state, or community. | 18 | |
| 2531837972 | syncretism | the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion. | 19 |
