10453347776 | Absolutism means | ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a king who rules by divine right. | 0 | |
10453347777 | Administer | To manage or direct | 1 | |
10453347778 | Afro- | Of or pertaining to ideas, events, and people dealing with Africa | 2 | |
10453347779 | agrarian society | a society in which people make a living from farming | 3 | |
10453347780 | Analyze | Discover or reveal(something) through detailed examination | 4 | |
10453347781 | Anti-Semitism | Prejudice against Jews | 5 | |
10453347782 | Arable (adj) | Fit for growing crops | 6 | |
10453347783 | -archy | government | 7 | |
10453347784 | aristocracy (n) | a hereditary ruling class; a group considered to be superior to the others | 8 | |
10453347785 | Authoritarian | A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power. | 9 | |
10453347786 | Balance of Power | distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong | 10 | |
10453347787 | Bureaucracy | A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials | 11 | |
10453347788 | Causation | A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in another variable. | 12 | |
10453347789 | -centric | at the center; central | 13 | |
10453347790 | city-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. | 14 | |
10453347791 | coerce (v) | to force by using pressure, intimidation, or threats | 15 | |
10453347792 | Colony | A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere. | 16 | |
10453347793 | Conscription | A military draft | 17 | |
10453347794 | Context | The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, an in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed | 18 | |
10453374815 | Coup d'etat | A sudden overthrow of the government by a small group | 19 | |
10453375641 | deforestation | The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves. | 20 | |
10453376132 | Deity/deities | god or gods and goddesses. | 21 | |
10453378108 | Democracy | A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 22 | |
10453379618 | Demography | The scientific study of population characteristics. | 23 | |
10453380282 | Diffusion | The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time | 24 | |
10453381787 | Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family | 25 | |
10453381789 | egalitarian | promoting equal rights for all people | 26 | |
10453383059 | Empire | A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler | 27 | |
10453384095 | Globalization | the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. | 28 | |
10453385034 | hierarchy | a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority. | 29 | |
10453386919 | indenture | written contract | 30 | |
10453387923 | Kinship | A social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption | 31 | |
10453388448 | Metallurgy | the science of working with metals | 32 | |
10453390141 | Migration | A movement from one country or region to another | 33 | |
10453392822 | nation-state | A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality | 34 | |
10453394414 | nomadic | wandering from place to place | 35 | |
10453395051 | pastoral | ______ societies were characterized by the domestication of animals but they usually did not settle down and farm or build towns. | 36 | |
10453397768 | patriarchy | a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe. | 37 | |
10453400652 | raw materials | Unprocessed natural products used in production | 38 | |
10453401289 | sedentary | (adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place | 39 | |
10453401781 | Secular | Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters | 40 | |
10453402731 | Syncretism | The unification or blending of opposing people, ideas, or practices, frequently in the realm of religion. For example, when Christianity was adopted by people in a new land, they often incorporate it into their existing culture and traditions. | 41 | |
10453403723 | Synthesis | combination | 42 | |
10453405279 | Stratification | the uneven distribution of resources and privileges among participants in a group or culture | 43 | |
10453406728 | Vernacular | Everyday language of ordinary people | 44 |
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