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| 195477672 | abolish | do away with | 0 | |
| 195477673 | acquisition | an ability that has been acquired by training | 1 | |
| 195477674 | agrarian | relating to rural matters | 2 | |
| 195477675 | agriculture | the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy) | 3 | |
| 195477676 | annex | an addition that extends a main building | 4 | |
| 195477677 | ascetic | practices self denial as spiritual discipline | 5 | |
| 195477678 | atrocities | cruel and inhumane acts that people commit against each other | 6 | |
| 195477679 | bureaucracy | nonelective government officials | 7 | |
| 195477680 | caliph | the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | 8 | |
| 195477681 | capitalist | a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) | 9 | |
| 195477682 | capitulations | Agreements with European powers that gave European bankers and merchants unfair advantages in the Empire | 10 | |
| 195477683 | colonization | the act of colonizing | 11 | |
| 195477684 | communism | a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | 12 | |
| 195477685 | conscription | compulsory military service | 13 | |
| 195477686 | conservatism | a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | 14 | |
| 195477687 | cultural diffusion | the spread of cultural elements from one society to another | 15 | |
| 195477688 | Decentralized | withdrawn from a center or place of concentration | 16 | |
| 195477689 | democracy | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 17 | |
| 195477690 | disillusionment | freeing from false belief or illusions | 18 | |
| 195477691 | domestic | a household servant | 19 | |
| 195477692 | dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 20 | |
| 195477693 | empire | an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh | 21 | |
| 195477694 | envoy | someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | 22 | |
| 195477695 | extraterritoriality | Right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation. | 23 | |
| 195477696 | Facism | political system based on a strong centralized government headed by a dictator | 24 | |
| 195477697 | feudalism | the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th Century | 25 | |
| 195477698 | immigrant | a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there | 26 | |
| 195477699 | imperialism | any instance of aggressive extension of authority | 27 | |
| 195477700 | 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 | |
| 195477701 | indigenous | originating where it is found | 29 | |
| 195477702 | industrialization | the development of industry on an extensive scale | 30 | |
| 195477703 | kingdom | a basic group of natural objects | 31 | |
| 195477704 | maritime | bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea | 32 | |
| 195477705 | mercantilism | an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | 33 | |
| 195477706 | merchant | a businessperson engaged in retail trade | 34 | |
| 195477707 | metallurgy | the science and technology of metals | 35 | |
| 195477708 | migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | 36 | |
| 195477709 | monasticism | asceticism as a form of religious life | 37 | |
| 195477710 | monotheism | belief in a single God | 38 | |
| 195477711 | nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | 39 | |
| 195477712 | nomadic | (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently | 40 | |
| 195477713 | pastoral | a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) | 41 | |
| 195477714 | patriarchal | characteristic of a patriarchy | 42 | |
| 195477715 | polytheism | belief in multiple Gods | 43 | |
| 195477716 | popular sovereignty | people hold the final authority in all matters of government | 44 | |
| 195477717 | prohibit | command against | 45 | |
| 195477718 | reform | a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses | 46 | |
| 195477719 | reparation | compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury | 47 | |
| 195477720 | rural | living in or characteristic of farming or country life | 48 | |
| 195477721 | secular | concerning those not members of the clergy | 49 | |
| 195477722 | sedentary | used of persons or actions | 50 | |
| 195477723 | self-determination | the ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will | 51 | |
| 195477724 | Shia | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam | 52 | |
| 195477725 | socialism | a political theory advocating state ownership of industry | 53 | |
| 195477726 | subservient | abjectly submissive | 54 | |
| 195477727 | suffrage | a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution | 55 | |
| 195477728 | Sunni | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam | 56 | |
| 195477729 | tax | charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government | 57 | |
| 195477730 | totalitarianism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 58 | |
| 195477731 | urban | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area | 59 |
