7313089475 | B.C.E | before common era | 0 | |
7313089476 | C.E. | common era | 1 | |
7313089477 | Abdicate | to give up a position, right, or power | 2 | |
7313089478 | Accession | Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government. | 3 | |
7313089479 | Aesthetic | concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty | 4 | |
7313089480 | Agrarian | concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land | 5 | |
7313089481 | Amenities | comforts and conveniences | 6 | |
7313089482 | Anarchy | a lack of government and law; confusion | 7 | |
7313089483 | Animism | The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits | 8 | |
7313089484 | Antiquity | the ancient past | 9 | |
7313089485 | Appeasement | Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict | 10 | |
7313089486 | Aristocracy | government headed by a privileged minority or upper class | 11 | |
7313089487 | Asceticism | Severe self discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence | 12 | |
7313089488 | Assimilate | to absorb fully; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully | 13 | |
7313089489 | Authoritarian | A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power. | 14 | |
7313089490 | Autocracy | a system of government by one person with absolute power. | 15 | |
7313089491 | Barbarism | absence of culture and civilization. | 16 | |
7313089492 | Bureaucracy (n) | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. | 17 | |
7313089493 | city-state | A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside | 18 | |
7313089494 | Civic | Having to do with the business of a town or community | 19 | |
7313089495 | Classical | relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture. | 20 | |
7313089496 | Colonial | relating to or characteristic of a colony or colonies. | 21 | |
7313089497 | Commerce | the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale | 22 | |
7313089498 | Communal | Pertaining to a group or community | 23 | |
7313089499 | Concubine | a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives | 24 | |
7313089500 | Conscription | military draft | 25 | |
7313089501 | cosmopolitan | Worldly or sophisticated | 26 | |
7313089502 | Coup | the violent overthrow of a government by a small group; a victorious accomplishment | 27 | |
7313089503 | Demographic | having certain characteristics in common, such as age, race, or gender | 28 | |
7313089504 | Despot | a dictator with absolute power | 29 | |
7313089505 | Diaspora | A dispersion of people from their homeland | 30 | |
7313089506 | Dissent | disagree | 31 | |
7313089507 | Domestic | having to do with the household or family; not foreign | 32 | |
7313089508 | Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family | 33 | |
7313089509 | Edict | an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority | 34 | |
7313089510 | Egalitarian | believing in the social and economic equality of all people | 35 | |
7313089511 | Elite | (n.) the choice part of a group of people or things; (adj.) superior | 36 | |
7313089512 | Emigrate | To leave one country or region and settle in another | 37 | |
7313089513 | Epic | a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero | 38 | |
7313089514 | Ethnocentric | based on the attitude tha one's group is superior | 39 | |
7313089515 | 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. | 40 | |
7313089516 | Genocide | Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group | 41 | |
7313089517 | Gentry | Powerful upper class | 42 | |
7313089518 | Guild | A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people. | 43 | |
7313089519 | Hierarchy | A group organized by rank | 44 | |
7313089520 | Homonids | a primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors and also (in recent systems) at least some of the great apes. | 45 | |
7313089521 | Homogenous | of the same kind | 46 | |
7313089522 | Ideology | System of thought and belief | 47 | |
7313089523 | Imperialism | Control of territory already occupied and organized by an indigenous society. | 48 | |
7313089524 | Indigenous | native to a place | 49 | |
7313089525 | Infrastructure | Underlying foundation on which a community or nation depends | 50 | |
7313089526 | Lineage | lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree. | 51 | |
7313089527 | Linguistic | relating to language | 52 | |
7313089528 | Manifest | Obvious, apparent, perceptible to the eye (adj); to show, make clear, or prove (verb) | 53 | |
7313089529 | Maritime | connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity. | 54 | |
7313089530 | Martial | warlike; relating to the military | 55 | |
7313089531 | Matrilineal | when inheritance is passed down through the female side of the family | 56 | |
7313089532 | Mercenary | A soldier who is paid to fight in a foreign army. | 57 | |
7313089533 | Monarchy | A government ruled by a king or queen | 58 | |
7313089534 | Monopoly | A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller. | 59 | |
7313089535 | Monotheism | Belief in one God | 60 | |
7313089536 | Mystical | an experience of union with God such as emphasized in the Gospel according to John | 61 | |
7313089537 | nation-state | a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent. | 62 | |
7313089538 | Neo | new | 63 | |
7313089539 | Neolithic | "New Stone Age" | 64 | |
7313089540 | Nomadic | wandering, moving about from place to place | 65 | |
7313089541 | Oligarchy | government in which ruling power belongs to a few people | 66 | |
7313089542 | Pantheon | all the gods of a people or religion collectively. | 67 | |
7313089543 | Papal | relating to a pope or to the papacy. | 68 | |
7313089544 | Parliament | A body of representatives that makes laws for a nation | 69 | |
7313089545 | Pastoral | Having to do with the country | 70 | |
7313089546 | Patriarchal | relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority | 71 | |
7313089547 | Patrilineal | relating to or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line. | 72 | |
7313089548 | Patronage | The giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected | 73 | |
7313089549 | Peasant | a member of a class of persons who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank | 74 | |
7313089550 | Pharaoh | A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader. | 75 | |
7313089551 | Piety | the quality of being religious or reverent | 76 | |
7313089552 | Polity | The form of government of a country or other organization | 77 | |
7313089553 | Polygamy | The practice of having more than one wife at a time | 78 | |
7313089554 | Polytheism | Belief in more than one god | 79 | |
7313089555 | Proselytize | to persuade someone to convert to a faith, belief, or cause | 80 | |
7313089556 | Provincial | narrow-minded | 81 | |
7313089557 | Regent | Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule | 82 | |
7313089558 | Republic | A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives | 83 | |
7313089559 | Rhetoric | The art of using language effectively and persuasively | 84 | |
7313089560 | Sedentary | (adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place | 85 | |
7313089561 | Serf | a member of the peasant class tied to the land and subject to the will of the landowner | 86 | |
7313089562 | Sharia | Islamic law; a combination of the Quran and the Hadith. | 87 | |
7313089563 | Sinification | Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions | 88 | |
7313089564 | State | a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. | 89 | |
7313089565 | Steppe | A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia. | 90 | |
7313089566 | Stratification | a system or formation of layers, classes, or categories | 91 | |
7313089567 | Sub-Saharan | from or forming part of the African regions south of the Sahara desert. | 92 | |
7313089568 | Subordinate | inferior; lower in rank or status | 93 | |
7313089569 | Succesion | The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time | 94 | |
7313089570 | Syncretism | a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith | 95 | |
7313089571 | Textiles | cloth items | 96 | |
7313089572 | Theocracy | a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. | 97 | |
7313089573 | Theology | The study of religion and God | 98 | |
7313089574 | Totalitarian | having to do with a government in which one person, group, or party controls everything | 99 | |
7313090150 | Tributary state | independent states that give money or tribute to another state | 100 | |
7313090151 | Tyranny | Cruel and oppressive government or rule | 101 | |
7313090152 | Urbanization | An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. | 102 | |
7313090153 | Usurp | to take over; to seize power | 103 | |
7313090154 | Vernacular | the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. | 104 |
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