This is a set of words that every world history student at John Hersey High School is expected to know by the end of the year.
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| 406092758 | civilization | societies based in cities and governed by powerful states | 0 | |
| 2919517470 | agriculture | the practice of raising crops on a continual and controlled basis | 1 | |
| 406092760 | domestication | the taming of nature for human use, specifically the taming of plants and animals | 2 | |
| 406092761 | history | the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings | 3 | |
| 406092791 | irrigation | a way of supplying water to an area of land | 4 | |
| 406092789 | sedentary | a person or group that is settled on one particular land | 5 | |
| 406092785 | institution | a custom that has been an important feature of some group or society for many years | 6 | |
| 406092803 | egalitarian | social and/or political equality amongst people of a society | 7 | |
| 406092765 | hierarchy | the organization of people at different ranks in a social or administrative body | 8 | |
| 406092766 | demography | the study of the characteristics of human populations | 9 | |
| 406092767 | specialization | the line of work one has adopted as a career | 10 | |
| 406092775 | migration | the act of moving from one place to settle in another | 11 | |
| 406092778 | decentralized | to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area without one group or individual in total control | 12 | |
| 406092784 | patriarchy | a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | 13 | |
| 2919513018 | pastoralism | a way of life based on people moving herds of animals from pasture to pasture | 14 | |
| 2919521217 | surplus | more than what is needed for oneself | 15 | |
| 406092783 | city-state | a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit | 16 | |
| 406092807 | clergy | a body of officials who perform religious services, such as priests, ministers or rabbis | 17 | |
| 406092793 | merchant | a businessperson engaged in retail trade | 18 | |
| 406092797 | pictograph | a graphic character used in picture writing | 19 | |
| 406092771 | divine | being or having the nature of a god | 20 | |
| 2919578894 | textiles | items made of cloth | 21 | |
| 870074631 | theocracy | a form of government led by a priest, god, or religious figure | 22 | |
| 406092772 | diffusion | the spread of things or ideas from one society to another | 23 | |
| 2919575255 | monotheism | the worship of only one deity | 24 | |
| 2919580233 | metallurgy | the science of the study of metals | 25 | |
| 406092779 | dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family | 26 | |
| 406092782 | empire | a group of diverse states or territories controlled by one ruler | 27 | |
| 2685304758 | elite | persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power | 28 | |
| 858724308 | imperial | relating to or associated with an empire | 29 | |
| 406092777 | democracy | a political system in which citizens make all political decisions | 30 | |
| 406092780 | autocracy | a political system governed by a single individual | 31 | |
| 406092806 | philosophy | beliefs about how to live or how to deal with a situation in this life | 32 | |
| 406092781 | republic | a political system in which citizens choose their leaders through elections | 33 | |
| 406092792 | diaspora | the forced scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs | 34 | |
| 406092800 | aristocracy | a form of government in which the most wealthy & prestigious members of a society have control | 35 | |
| 406092802 | tyranny | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 36 | |
| 406092804 | oligarchy | a political system governed by a few people | 37 | |
| 406092796 | conscription | compulsory military service | 38 | |
| 858724294 | dictator | a single ruler who is unconstrained by law, and usually took power by force | 39 | |
| 406092799 | monarchy | an autocracy governed by a king/queen who usually inherits the authority | 40 | |
| 858724282 | citizen | a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community | 41 | |
| 406092770 | mandate | a document or order giving an official instruction or command | 42 | |
| 406092786 | ethnocentric | believing in the superiority of one's own ethnic and cultural group, and having a corresponding disdain for all other groups | 43 | |
| 406092787 | assimilation | the social process of absorbing one cultural group into another | 44 | |
| 406092795 | bureaucracy | a system of managing government through departments run by appointed or elected officials | 45 | |
| 406092790 | coerced | being forced into doing an activity | 46 | |
| 858724304 | calligraphy | the art of fine handwriting | 47 | |
| 858724303 | pilgrimage | a journey to a sacred place or shrine | 48 | |
| 858724306 | icon | a physical object/symbol of religious importance | 49 | |
| 406092801 | monsoon | a seasonal wind in southern Asia that brings rain or heat depending on the time of the year | 50 | |
| 858724296 | vernacular | the everyday language of a people | 51 | |
| 858724300 | lineage | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | 52 | |
| 858724297 | monastery | the residence of members of a religious community | 53 | |
| 858724315 | schism | division of a group into opposing factions | 54 | |
| 858724299 | missionary | someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program | 55 | |
| 2685306391 | cavalry | a unit of soldiers who ride horses | 56 | |
| 2685298381 | papacy | of or relating to the office of the pope | 57 | |
| 406092788 | secular | concern with worldly rather than spiritual matters | 58 | |
| 858724295 | feudalism | a political and economic system based on the holding of all land and the resulting reciprocal relation of lord and vassal | 59 | |
| 406092776 | ideology | a belief that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation | 60 | |
| 858724275 | regency | the office of a person appointed to be the administrator of a country because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated | 61 | |
| 858724276 | nation | a group of people that share a common background, history, or culture that serves to unite them | 62 | |
| 406092773 | diplomacy | the art and practice of conducting negotiations between peoples without arousing hostility | 63 | |
| 858724277 | annex | to add land to existing territory, usually through conquest or negotiation | 64 | |
| 858724279 | entrepreneur | someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | 65 | |
| 858724280 | revolution | a change in government or ideology facilitated by those who are being governed | 66 | |
| 858724281 | corporation | a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state | 67 | |
| 858724284 | regulate | fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of something | 68 | |
| 858724285 | union | a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations | 69 | |
| 858724286 | conservative | resistant to change | 70 | |
| 858724287 | liberal | tolerant of change | 71 | |
| 858724288 | abolition | the act of getting rid of a system or practice or institution (particularly slavery) | 72 | |
| 858724289 | suffrage | the right to vote | 73 | |
| 858724290 | secede | withdraw from an organization or community | 74 | |
| 858724291 | progressive | an ideology or individual favoring/promoting reform (often by government action) | 75 | |
| 858724292 | propaganda | information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause | 76 | |
| 858724293 | self-determination | the right of a people to choose their own political status | 77 | |
| 406092764 | industry | the organized action of the making of goods and services for sale | 78 | |
| 858724301 | monopoly | exclusive control or possession of a supply or trade in a commodity or service | 79 | |
| 858724305 | perspective | the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer | 80 | |
| 858724307 | colony | a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country | 81 | |
| 858724309 | capital | wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value | 82 | |
| 858724311 | society | an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization | 83 | |
| 858724312 | exploration | to travel for the purpose of discovery | 84 | |
| 858724313 | absolutism | a form of government in which a single ruler or other authority has total (absolute) control. | 85 | |
| 858724316 | province | a territory governed as an administrative or political unit of a country or empire | 86 | |
| 858724318 | constitution | laws determining the fundamental political principles of a government | 87 | |
| 858724319 | parliament | a lawmaking body | 88 | |
| 858724322 | rebellion | refusal to accept some authority or code or convention; a revolt | 89 | |
| 858724323 | blockade | a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy | 90 | |
| 858724324 | legitimacy | the right to rule by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law | 91 | |
| 870122687 | restore | to bring back to original condition | 92 | |
| 870122688 | affiliation | the act of becoming formally connected or joined | 93 | |
| 870122689 | legacy | (law) a gift of personal property by will | 94 | |
| 870122690 | resilient | recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like | 95 | |
| 870122691 | emancipate | to free from slavery or servitude | 96 | |
| 870123780 | segregate | separate by race or religion | 97 | |
| 870127518 | fundamental | involving basic facts or principles | 98 | |
| 2683939582 | (Afro)EurAsia | A large land mass that includes the continents of (Africa) Europe and Asia | 99 | |
| 2683940083 | interregional | movement between | 100 | |
| 2683940084 | intraregional | movement within one region | 101 | |
| 2685297667 | meritocracy | a system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead on the basis of their achievement | 102 | |
| 2685299971 | indigenous | native to an area or original to an area | 103 | |
| 2685300810 | immunity | resistance to a disease; freedom from some charge or obligation | 104 | |
| 2685302840 | ascension | a movement upward | 105 | |
| 2685307207 | exploit | to take advantage of | 106 | |
| 2685307696 | suppression | a conscious effort to put something out of mind or to keep it from awareness. | 107 |
