33,00 B.C.- A.D. 1769
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| 198175853 | nation-state | the modern form of political society that combines centralized government with a high degree of ethnic and cultural unity | 1 | |
| 198175854 | matrilinear | the form of society in which family line, power, and wealth are passed primarily through the female side | 2 | |
| 198175855 | confederacy | an alliance or league of nations or peoples looser than a federation | 3 | |
| 198175856 | primeval | concerning the earliest origin of things | 4 | |
| 198175857 | saga | a lengthy story or poem recounting the great deeds and adventures of a people and their heroes | 5 | |
| 198175858 | middlemen | in trading systems, those dealers who operate between the original buyers and the retail merchants who sell to consumers. | 6 | |
| 198175859 | caravel | a small vessel with a high deck and triangular sails | 7 | |
| 198175860 | capitalism | an economic system characterized by private property, generally free trade, and open and accessible markets | 8 | |
| 198175861 | encomienda | the Spanish labor system in which persons were held to unpaid service under the permanent control of their masters, though not legally owned by them | 9 | |
| 198175862 | mestizo | a person of mixed Native American and European ancestry | 10 | |
| 198175863 | province | a medium sized subunit of territory and governmental administration within a larger nation or empire | 11 | |
| 198175864 | nationalism | fervent belief and loyalty given to the political unit of nation-state | 12 | |
| 198175865 | joint-stock companies | an economic arrangement by which a number of investors pool their capital for investment | 13 | |
| 198175866 | charter | a legal document granted by a government to some group or agency to implement a stated purpose, and spelling out the attending rights and obligations | 14 | |
| 198175867 | feudal | concerning the decentralized medieval social system of personal obligations between rulers and ruled | 15 | |
| 198175868 | toleration | originally, religious freedom granted by an established church to a religious minority | 16 | |
| 198175869 | squatter | a frontier farmer who illegally occupied land owners or others or not yet officially opened for settlement | 17 | |
| 198175870 | buffer | in politics, a small territory or state between two larger, antagonist powers and intended to minimize the possibility of conflict between them | 18 | |
| 198175871 | predestination | the Calvinist doctrine that God has foreordained some people to be saved and some to be damned | 19 | |
| 198175872 | elect | in Calvanist doctrine, those who have been chosen by God for salvation | 20 | |
| 198175873 | conversion | a religious turn to God, thought by Calvinists to involve an intense, identifiable personal experience | 21 | |
| 198175874 | visible saints | those who publicly proclaimed their experience of conversion and were expected to lead godly lives | 22 | |
| 198175875 | calling | in Protestantism, the belief that saved individuals have a religious obligation to engage in worldly work | 23 | |
| 198175876 | heresy | departure from correct or officially defined belief | 24 | |
| 198175877 | seditious | concerning resistance to or rebellion against the government | 25 | |
| 198175878 | commonwealth | an organized civil government or social order | 26 | |
| 198175879 | autocratic | absolute or dictatorial rule | 27 | |
| 198175880 | passive resistance | nonviolent action or opposition to authority in accord with religious or moral beliefs | 28 | |
| 198175881 | asylum | a place of refuge and security, especially for the persecuted or unfortunate | 29 | |
| 198175882 | proprietary | concerning exclusive legal ownership, as of colonies granted to individuals by the monarch | 30 | |
| 198175883 | naturalization | the granting of citizenship to foreigners or immigrants | 31 | |
| 198175884 | blue laws | laws designed to restrict personal behavior in accord with a strict code of morality | 32 | |
| 198175885 | ethnic | concerning diverse peoples or cultures, specifically those of non-Anglo-Saxon background | 33 | |
| 198175886 | headright | the right to acquire a certain amount of land granted to the person who finances the passage of a laborer | 34 | |
| 198175887 | disenfranchise | to take away the right to vote | 35 | |
| 198175888 | menial | fit for servants; humble or low | 36 | |
| 198175889 | corporation | a group or institution granted legal rights to carry on certain specified activities | 37 | |
| 198175890 | jeremiad | a sermon or prophecy recounting wrongdoing, warning of doom, and calling for repentance | 38 | |
| 198175891 | hinterland | an inland region set back from a port, river, or seacoast | 39 | |
| 198175892 | social structure | the basic pattern of the distribution of status and wealth in a society. | 40 | |
| 198175893 | blue blood | of noble or upper-class descent | 41 | |
| 198175894 | sect | Religious groups that had broken away from an established church | 42 | |
| 198175895 | agitators | those who seek to excite or persuade the public on some issue. | 43 | |
| 198175896 | stratification | the visible arrangement of society into a hierarchical pattern, with distinct social groups layered one on top of the other | 44 | |
| 198175897 | mobility | the capacity to pass readily from one social or economic condition to another. | 45 | |
| 198175898 | elite | the smaller group at the top of a society or institution, usually possessing wealth, power, or special privileges. | 46 | |
| 198175899 | almshouse | a home for the poor, supported by charity or public funds. | 47 | |
| 198175900 | gentry | landowners of substantial property, social standing, and leisure, but not titled nobility. | 48 | |
| 198175901 | tenant farmer | one who rents rather than owns land. | 49 | |
| 198175902 | penal code | the body of criminal laws specifying offenses and prescribing punishments. | 50 | |
| 198175903 | veto | the executive power to prevent acts passed by the legislature from becoming law. | 51 | |
| 198175904 | apprentice | a person who works under a master to acquire instruction in a trade or profession. | 52 | |
| 200337854 | speculation | buying land or anything else in the hope of profiting by an expected rise in price. | 53 | |
| 200337855 | revival | in religion, a movement of renewed enthusiasm and commitment, often accompanied by special meetings or evangelical activity. | 54 | |
| 200337856 | secular | belonging to the worldly sphere rather than to the specifically sacred or churchly. | 55 | |
| 200337857 | domestic | Concerning the internal affairs of a country | 56 | |
| 200337858 | minister | In politics, a person appointed by the head of the state to take charge of some department agency of government | 57 | |
| 200337859 | magistrate | a civil official charged with upholding the law, often exercising both judicial and executive power | 58 | |
| 200337860 | peasant | A farmer of agricultural laborer, sometime legally tied to the land | 59 | |
| 200337861 | coureurs des bois | French-Canadian fur trappers (beavers); literally, "runners of the woods." | 60 | |
| 200337862 | voyageurs | French-Canadian fur traders and adventurers | 61 | |
| 200337863 | flotilla | a fleet of boats, usually smaller vessels | 62 | |
| 200337864 | ecological | Concerning the relations between the biological organisms of their environment | 63 | |
| 200337865 | mutinous | concerning revolt by subordinate soldiers or seamen against their commanding officers | 64 | |
| 200337866 | strategic | concerning the placement and planned movement of large-scale military forces so as to gain advantage, usually prior to actual engagement with the enemy | 65 | |
| 200337867 | guerilla warfare | Unconventional combat waged by small military units using hit-and-run tactics. | 66 | |
| 200337868 | buffer | A territory between two hostile states, designed to soften an attack from one or the other side | 67 | |
| 200337869 | siege | a military operation of surrounding and attacking a fortified place, often over a sustained period. | 68 | |
| 200337870 | regulars | trained professional soldiers, as distinct from militia or conscripts | 69 | |
| 200337871 | commissions | an official certification granting a commanding rank in the armed forces | 70 |
