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303221367Absolute Monarchruler with complete control over the government and the lives of the people.0
303221368Agrarianconcerning farms, farmers, or the use of land1
303221369AtheistsPeople who belive that no god exists2
303221370Capitalisman economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.3
303221371Cash Cropa readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)4
303221372Circumnavigateto sail completely around the world5
303221373Colonizationsystem of settling new lands that remain under the government of their native land6
303221374Commercetransactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)7
303221375Commonwealtha political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them8
303221376Conventa religious community in which women, or nuns live and pray9
303221377Currencysystem of money10
303221378DeistsInfluenced by the spirit of rationalism, Desists believed that God, like a celestial clockmaker, had created a perfect universe and then had stepped back to let it operate according to natural laws.11
303221379Demographyscientific study of human populations12
303221380Divine Rightbelief that a rulers authority comes directly from god.13
303221381Hedonisman ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good14
303221382Humanisma philosophy in which interests and values of human beings are of primary importance15
303221383Left-Wingthe liberal, socialist, or radical section of a political party or system16
303221384Mercantilisman economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests17
303221385Monarchyan autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority18
303221386Monastica male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work19
303221387Monka religious male living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work20
303221388Monopolyexclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices21
303221389Monotheismbelief in a single God22
303221390Papacy/PapalThe central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head. (pp. 258, 445)23
303221391Parliamentthe lawmaking body of British government24
303221392Patriarchtitle for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)25
303221393Popethe head of the Roman Catholic Church26
303221394Revolutionthe overthrow of a government by those who are governed27
303221395Right-Wingconservative, Conservative ideology in which change is opposed and the traditional way of doing things is encouraged28
303221396Salvation(Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil29
303221397Sanctionedestablished by authority30
303221398Subsistenceexistence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level)31
303221399Urbanizationthe social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban32
303221400Utopiaa book by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island33
303221401Vassalslesser lords who pledged their service and loyalty to a greater lord -- in a military capacity34
303221402Venerate(v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect35
303221403Vernaculareveryday speech; slang36

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