193736025 | abolish | do away with | 0 | |
193736026 | acquisition | an ability that has been acquired by training | 1 | |
193736027 | agrarian | relating to rural matters | 2 | |
193736028 | agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | 3 | |
193736029 | annex | an addition that extends a main building | 4 | |
193736030 | ascetic | practices self denial as spiritual discipline | 5 | |
193736031 | atrocities | cruel and inhumane acts that people commit against each other | 6 | |
193736032 | bureaucracy | nonelective government officials | 7 | |
193736033 | caliph | the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | 8 | |
193736034 | capitalist | favoring or practicing capitalism | 9 | |
193736035 | capitulations | Agreements with European powers that gave European bankers and merchants unfair advantages in the Empire | 10 | |
193736036 | colonization | the act of colonizing | 11 | |
193736037 | communism | a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society | 12 | |
193736038 | conscription | compulsory military service | 13 | |
193736039 | conservatism | a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | 14 | |
193736040 | cultural diffusion | the spread of cultural elements from one society to another | 15 | |
193736041 | decentralized | withdrawn from a center or place of concentration | 16 | |
193736042 | democracy | the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives | 17 | |
193736043 | disillusionment | freeing from false belief or illusions | 18 | |
193736044 | domestic | of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation | 19 | |
194204363 | dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 20 | |
194204364 | empire | a group of countries under a single authority | 21 | |
194204365 | envoy | someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | 22 | |
194204366 | extraterritoriality | Right of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation. | 23 | |
194204367 | fascism | a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism) | 24 | |
194204368 | feudalism | the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C | 25 | |
194204369 | immigrant | a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there | 26 | |
194204370 | imperialism | a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries | 27 | |
194204371 | 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 | |
194204372 | indigenous | originating where it is found | 29 | |
194204373 | industrialization | the development of industry on an extensive scale | 30 | |
194204374 | kingdom | a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state | 31 | |
194204375 | maritime | bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea | 32 | |
194204376 | 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 | |
194204377 | merchant | a businessperson engaged in retail trade | 34 | |
194204378 | metallurgy | the science and technology of metals | 35 | |
194204379 | migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | 36 | |
194204380 | monasticism | asceticism as a form of religious life | 37 | |
194204381 | monotheism | belief in a single God | 38 | |
194204382 | nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | 39 | |
194207691 | nomadic | wandering, moving about from place to place | 40 | |
194207692 | pastoral | a literary work idealizing the rural life | 41 | |
194207693 | patriarchal | characteristic of a patriarchy | 42 | |
194207694 | polytheism | belief in multiple Gods | 43 | |
194207695 | popular sovereignty | people hold the final authority in all matters of government | 44 | |
194207696 | prohibit | command against | 45 | |
194207697 | reform | a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses | 46 | |
194207698 | reparation | compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury | 47 | |
194207699 | rural | living in or characteristic of farming or country life | 48 | |
194207700 | secular | concerning those not members of the clergy | 49 | |
194207701 | sedentary | used of persons or actions | 50 | |
194207702 | self-determination | the ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will | 51 | |
194207703 | Shia | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam | 52 | |
194207704 | socialism | a political theory advocating state ownership of industry | 53 | |
194207705 | subservient | compliant and obedient to authority | 54 | |
194207706 | suffrage | a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution | 55 | |
194207707 | Sunni | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam, a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad | 56 | |
194207708 | tax | charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government | 57 | |
194207709 | totalitarianism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator | 58 | |
194207710 | urban | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area | 59 |
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