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| 5540260993 | Abate | to reduce in amount, degree, or severity |  | 0 |
| 5540260994 | Absolutism | The practice of a political system in which a monarch or dictator has unrestricted power. |  | 1 |
| 5540260995 | Adjacent | Next to. |  | 2 |
| 5540260996 | Agrarian | Someone working with the cultivation of land or relating to cultivating land. |  | 3 |
| 5540260997 | Agriculture | Farming. Cultivating land, producing crops, and raising livestock. |  | 4 |
| 5540260998 | Anthropomorphic | Having human characteristics. attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods |  | 5 |
| 5540260999 | Aristocracy | A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility |  | 6 |
| 5540261000 | Avarice | Extreme greed for wealth or material gain. |  | 7 |
| 5540261001 | Bias | A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific. |  | 8 |
| 5540261002 | Buddhism | A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha. A religion of eastern and central Asia growing out of the teaching of Gautama Buddha that suffering is inherent in life and that one can be liberated from it by mental and moral self-purification. |  | 9 |
| 5540261003 | Bureaucracy | A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. |  | 10 |
| 5540261004 | Capital | the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center. |  | 11 |
| 5540261005 | Capitalism | A system under which the ownership of land and wealth is for the most part in the hands of private individuals. |  | 12 |
| 5540261006 | Capitulate | To stop fighting an enemy or opponent : to admit that an enemy or opponent has won. |  | 13 |
| 5540261007 | Centralized | Things that are in different places, are brought together to a single, specific point or place. |  | 14 |
| 5540261008 | Charlatan | a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud. |  | 15 |
| 5540261009 | Chattel | something (such as a slave, piece of furniture, tool, etc.) that a person owns other than land or buildings |  | 16 |
| 5540261010 | Chiefdom | Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful than kingdoms and empires, chiefdoms were based on gift giving and commercial links The territory or people over which a chief rules. |  | 17 |
| 5540261011 | Christianity | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. |  | 18 |
| 5540261012 | City-State | a) A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. b) An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory |  | 19 |
| 5540261013 | Civilization | A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes |  | 20 |
| 5540261014 | Clergy | Church officials |  | 21 |
| 5540261015 | Coerce | To compel, force |  | 22 |
| 5540261016 | Colonialism | Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory. |  | 23 |
| 5540261017 | Colony | A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere. |  | 24 |
| 5540261018 | Communism | A political and economic system where factors of production are collectively owned and directed by the state. |  | 25 |
| 5540261019 | Confucianism | Chinese belief system from 500s BCE that emphasized family loyalty, respecting elders, education, obedience, and ancestors. |  | 26 |
| 5540261020 | Copious | Abundant; plentiful |  | 27 |
| 5540261021 | Culture | Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people. |  | 28 |
| 5540261022 | Daoism | Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns; a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature. |  | 29 |
| 5540261023 | Deforestation | The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves. |  | 30 |
| 5540261024 | Demography | Scientific study of human populations. |  | 31 |
| 5540261025 | Derive | To take or receive from a source |  | 32 |
| 5540261026 | Diaspora | A dispersion of people from their homeland |  | 33 |
| 5540261027 | Divine | (adj.) godly, exceedingly wonderful. |  | 34 |
| 5540261028 | Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family |  | 35 |
| 5540261029 | Economic | Pertaining to the production, distribution and use of income, wealth and commodities. |  | 36 |
| 5540261030 | Edict | An authorized proclamation or command. |  | 37 |
| 5540261031 | Egalitarian | The belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic or social life. |  | 38 |
| 5540261032 | Empire | An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch |  | 39 |
| 5540261033 | Encroach | To intrude on a person, territory, rights, personal life etc. |  | 40 |
| 5540261034 | Epidemic | A wide spread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. |  | 41 |
| 5540261035 | Equitable | Fair, just, impartial. Dealing fairly and equally with all concerned. |  | 42 |
| 5540261036 | Ethnocentrism | The belief that ones own belief is more superior |  | 43 |
| 5540261037 | Feudalism | A social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return |  | 44 |
| 5540261038 | Forage | To search widely for food or provisions. |  | 45 |
| 5540261039 | Fundamental | serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying. |  | 46 |
| 5540261040 | Genocide | the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. |  | 47 |
| 5540261041 | Globalization | The act of globalizing or extending to other or all parts of the world. the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. |  | 48 |
| 5540261042 | Hegemony | the domination of one state or group over its allies |  | 49 |
| 5540261043 | Hierarchy | A group organized by rank |  | 50 |
| 5540261044 | Hinduism | A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms |  | 51 |
| 5540261045 | Ideology | A consistent set of beliefs by groups/individuals |  | 52 |
| 5540261046 | Imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically. |  | 53 |
| 5540261047 | Incursion | sudden or breif invasion |  | 54 |
| 5540261048 | Indentured Servant | Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years |  | 55 |
| 5540261049 | Indignant | Feeling anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment |  | 56 |
| 5540261050 | Industrial | of or relating to factories, the people who work in factories, or the things made in factories |  | 57 |
| 5540261051 | Inflation | A general and progressive increase in prices |  | 58 |
| 5540261052 | Institution | an organization founded and united for a specific purpose |  | 59 |
| 5540261053 | Intermediary | acting as a mediator in order to try to bring about an agreement or reconciliation |  | 60 |
| 5540261054 | Judaism | A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament. |  | 61 |
| 5540261055 | Lambast | criticize severely or angrily |  | 62 |
| 5540261056 | Legitimate | lawful, rightful; reasonable, justifiable |  | 63 |
| 5540261057 | Malfeasance | an illegal act, especially by a public official |  | 64 |
| 5540261058 | Manufacture | to make, create, or produce |  | 65 |
| 5540261059 | Maritime | of or relating to sailing on the sea or doing business (such as trading) by sea |  | 66 |
| 5540261060 | Matriarchy | a family, group, or government controlled by a woman or a group of women |  | 67 |
| 5540261061 | Medieval | referring to the Middle Ages |  | 68 |
| 5540261062 | Merchant | A person who makes money by selling goods |  | 69 |
| 5540261063 | Monarchy | A government ruled by a king or queen |  | 70 |
| 5540261064 | Monotheism | The belief in only one God. |  | 71 |
| 5540261065 | Munificence | generosity in giving |  | 72 |
| 5540261066 | Myriad | A very large number |  | 73 |
| 5540261067 | Nation | a large area of land that is controlled by its own government |  | 74 |
| 5540261068 | Negligible | so unimportant that it can be disregarded |  | 75 |
| 5540261069 | Neolithic | of, relating to, or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed. |  | 76 |
| 5540261070 | Nobility | the quality or state of being noble in character, quality, or rank |  | 77 |
| 5540261071 | Nomad (ic) | a member of a group of people who move from place to place instead of living in one place all the time |  | 78 |
| 5540261072 | Pagan | A follower of a polytheistic religion |  | 79 |
| 5540261073 | Pandemic | An epidemic that is geographically widespread and affects a large proportion of the population |  | 80 |
| 5540261074 | Papacy | the office or position of the pope |  | 81 |
| 5540261075 | Parity | equality, as in amount, status, or value |  | 82 |
| 5540261076 | Pastoral | of or relating to the countryside or to the lives of people who live in the country. of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen devoted to or based on livestock raising |  | 83 |
| 5540261077 | Patriarchy | a family, group, or government controlled by a man or a group of men |  | 84 |
| 5540261078 | Periodization | division (as of history) into periods |  | 85 |
| 5540261079 | Placate | to cause (someone) to feel less angry about something |  | 86 |
| 5540261080 | Plethora | A large or excessive amount of something. |  | 87 |
| 5540261081 | Polytheism | The belief in multiple Gods. |  | 88 |
| 5540261082 | Prehistoric | of, relating to, or existing in the time before people could write |  | 89 |
| 5540261083 | Prevalent | widespread in a particular area or at a particular time. |  | 90 |
| 5540261084 | Primary Source | a first-hand account of an event, person, or place (official document, diary, letter, historical photograph, oral testimony). |  | 91 |
| 5540261085 | Prolific | producing a large amount of something |  | 92 |
| 5540261086 | Protestant | A person in 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. |  | 93 |
| 5540261087 | Prowess | great ability or skill |  | 94 |
| 5540261088 | Rational | based on facts or reason and not on emotions or feelings |  | 95 |
| 5540261089 | Reform | the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. |  | 96 |
| 5540261090 | Regime | A government in power |  | 97 |
| 5540261091 | Revolution | the usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one |  | 98 |
| 5540261092 | Rural | of or relating to the country and the people who live there instead of the city |  | 99 |
| 5540261093 | Scribe | a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented. |  | 100 |
| 5540261094 | Secondary Source | any source about an event, period, or issue in history that was produced after that event, period or issue has passed |  | 101 |
| 5540261095 | Secular | not connected with religious or spiritual matters. |  | 102 |
| 5540261096 | Serf | an agricultural labourer bound by the feudal system who was tied to working on his lord's estate. |  | 103 |
| 5540261097 | Shaman | someone who is believed in some cultures to be able to use magic to cure people who are sick, to control future events, etc. |  | 104 |
| 5540261098 | Slave | someone who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for that person without pay |  | 105 |
| 5540261099 | State | a: A politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government is recognized by the international community. b: the overall physical condition of something |  | 106 |
| 5540261100 | Stratified | Something that is divided or arranged into classes, castes, or social strata |  | 107 |
| 5540261101 | Subjective | Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions. |  | 108 |
| 5540261102 | Subjugate | to defeat and gain control of (someone or something) by the use of force |  | 109 |
| 5540261103 | Surplus | an amount that is more than the amount that is needed |  | 110 |
| 5540261104 | Syncretic | A combination of different forms of belief or practice | 111 | |
| 5540261105 | Textile | a fabric that is woven or knit |  | 112 |
| 5540261106 | Theocracy | The type of government in which a country is ruled by religious leaders |  | 113 |
| 5540261107 | Tumultuous | noisy and disorderly |  | 114 |
| 5540261108 | Ubiquitous | Being everywhere at the same time |  | 115 |
| 5540261109 | Urban | of or relating to cities and the people who live in them |  | 116 |
| 5540261110 | Veneration | respect or awe inspired by the dignity, wisdom, dedication, or talent of a person |  | 117 |
| 5540261111 | Xenophobic | Fear of foreigners |  | 118 |
| 7608628609 | Itinerant | traveling from place to place. |  | 119 |
