184260301 | abolish | do away with | 0 | |
184260302 | acquisition | an ability that has been acquired by training | 1 | |
184265523 | agrarian | relating to rural matters | 2 | |
184265524 | agriculture | the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers | 3 | |
184265525 | annex | take illegally, as of territory | 4 | |
184265526 | ascetic | practices self denial as spiritual discipline | 5 | |
184265527 | atrocities | cruel and inhumane acts that people commit against each other | 6 | |
184265528 | bureaucracy | nonelective government officials | 7 | |
184265529 | caliph | the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | 8 | |
184265530 | capitalist | Person who owns or controls the means for producing wealth | 9 | |
184265531 | capitulations | Agreements with European powers that gave European bankers and merchants unfair advantages in the Empire | 10 | |
184265532 | colonization | the act of colonizing | 11 | |
184265533 | communism | a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | 12 | |
184265534 | conscription | compulsory military service | 13 | |
184265535 | conservatism | a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | 14 | |
184265536 | cultural diffusion | the spread of cultural elements from one society to another | 15 | |
184265537 | decentralized | withdrawn from a center or place of concentration | 16 | |
184265538 | democracy | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 17 | |
184265539 | disillusionment | freeing from false belief or illusions | 18 | |
184265540 | domestic | of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation | 19 | |
184265541 | dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 20 | |
184265542 | empire | a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization | 21 | |
184265543 | envoy | someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | 22 | |
184265544 | extraterritoriality | Right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation. | 23 | |
184265545 | fascism | a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition | 24 | |
184265546 | feudalism | A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land | 25 | |
184265547 | immigrant | a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there | 26 | |
184265548 | imperialism | a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries | 27 | |
184265549 | indentured labor | labor under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time, typically three to seven years, in exchange for their transportation, food, clothing, lodging and other necessities | 28 | |
184265550 | indigenous | native to a certain area | 29 | |
184265551 | industrialization | the development of industry on an extensive scale | 30 | |
184265552 | kingdom | a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state | 31 | |
184265553 | maritime | bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea | 32 | |
184265554 | mercantilism | an economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | 33 | |
184265555 | merchant | someone who buys and sells goods for a living | 34 | |
184265556 | metallurgy | the science and technology of metals | 35 | |
184265557 | migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | 36 | |
184265558 | monasticism | a way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith | 37 | |
184265559 | monotheism | belief in a single God | 38 | |
184265560 | nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | 39 | |
184265561 | nomadic | wandering, moving about from place to place | 40 | |
184265562 | pastoral | a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) | 41 | |
184265563 | patriarchal | relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority | 42 | |
184265564 | polytheism | belief in multiple Gods | 43 | |
184265565 | popular sovereignty | people hold the final authority in all matters of government | 44 | |
184265566 | prohibit | forbid; ban; enjoin; interdict | 45 | |
184265567 | reform | a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses | 46 | |
184265568 | reparation | compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury | 47 | |
184265569 | rural | living in or characteristic of farming or country life | 48 | |
184265570 | secular | concerning those not members of the clergy | 49 | |
184265571 | sedentary | characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place | 50 | |
184265572 | self-determined | To decide, take control, of one's own being and actions. To make one's own decisions about the future. | 51 | |
184265573 | shia | a Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muhammed's son-in-law Ali as the true rulers of Islam | 52 | |
184265574 | socialism | a political theory advocating state ownership of industry | 53 | |
184265575 | subservient | abjectly submissive | 54 | |
184265576 | suffrage | a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; right to vote | 55 | |
184265577 | sunni | A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad | 56 | |
184265578 | tax | charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government | 57 | |
184265579 | totalitarianism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 58 | |
184265580 | urban | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area | 59 |
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