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| 2817348290 | Absolutism | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 0 | |
| 2817348291 | Chiefdom | A regional polity in which two or more local groups are organized under a single chief, who is at the head of a ranked hierarchy of people. | 1 | |
| 2817348292 | demography | Scientific study of human populations. | 2 | |
| 2817348293 | empire | A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler | 3 | |
| 2817348294 | genocide | Deliberate elimination of a group through mass murder. | 4 | |
| 2817348295 | inter-regional | Permanent movement from on region of a country to another. | 5 | |
| 2817348296 | monotheism | Belief in one God | 6 | |
| 2817348297 | nobility | 2nd Estate | 7 | |
| 2817348298 | pastoral | A work of literature dealing with rural life | 8 | |
| 2817348299 | prehistoric | Before written history | 9 | |
| 2817348300 | scribe | A professional writer | 10 | |
| 2817348301 | slave | A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people. | 11 | |
| 2817348302 | theocracy | A government controlled by religious leaders | 12 | |
| 2817348303 | agriculture | Farming | 13 | |
| 2817348304 | city-state | A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland. | 14 | |
| 2817348305 | diaspora | A Greek word meaning 'dispersal,' used to describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland. Jews, for example, spread from Israel to western Asia and Mediterranean lands in antiquity and today can be found in other places. | 15 | |
| 2817348306 | epidemic | A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease. | 16 | |
| 2817348307 | globalizaion | Process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other thru culture and trade | 17 | |
| 2817348308 | kingdom | A place ruled by a king or queen | 18 | |
| 2817348309 | nation | A sense of unity binding the people of a state together; devotion to the interests of a particular country or nation, an identification with the state and an acceptance of national goals. | 19 | |
| 2817348310 | nomad | A person who moves from place to place in search of food | 20 | |
| 2817348311 | patriarchal | Dominated by men | 21 | |
| 2817348312 | primary source | An original document containing the observations, ideas, and conclusions of an individual. It is a firsthand account presented by someone present or actively participating in the event. Examples include manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, and personal journals. | 22 | |
| 2817348313 | secondary source | Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event | 23 | |
| 2817348314 | socialism | An economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange. | 24 | |
| 2817348315 | urban | An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. | 25 | |
| 2817348316 | aristocracy | A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | 26 | |
| 2817348317 | civilization | A complex, highly organized social order | 27 | |
| 2817348318 | divine | Of, or pertaining to, God. | 28 | |
| 2817348319 | 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 | 29 | |
| 2817348320 | imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. | 30 | |
| 2817348321 | medieval | Another name for the Middle Ages. | 31 | |
| 2817348322 | nation-state | A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality | 32 | |
| 2817348323 | pandemic | an epidemic that is geographically widespread | 33 | |
| 2817348324 | periodization | Division of a training program into smaller, progressive stages | 34 | |
| 2817348325 | revolution | the overthrow of a government by those who are governed | 35 | |
| 2817348326 | serf | A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | 36 | |
| 2817348327 | state | A body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority | 37 | |
| 2817348328 | bureaucracy | A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials | 38 | |
| 2817348329 | colonialism | Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory. | 39 | |
| 2817348330 | dynasty | A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 40 | |
| 2817348331 | forager | People who support themselves by hunting wild animals and gathering wild edible plants and insects. | 41 | |
| 2817348332 | indentured servant | Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years | 42 | |
| 2817348333 | merchant | A person who makes money by selling goods | 43 | |
| 2817348334 | Neolithic | (10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization. | 44 | |
| 2817348335 | papacy | The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head. | 45 | |
| 2817348336 | polytheism | Belief in many gods | 46 | |
| 2817348337 | rural | Countryside | 47 | |
| 2817348338 | shaman | A person who is believed to have the power to cure the sick and forecast and control the future | 48 | |
| 2817348339 | syncretism | A blending of two or more religious traditions | 49 |
