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Given the MEANING, identify the HISTORICAL WORD
1. divine messenger of God
Answer: angel 2. addition of territories or territories to existing ones
Answer: annexation 3. craftsman or manually skilled worker
Answer: artisan
4. code of conduct for samurai in Japan emphasizing obedience to one's master
Answer: bushido 5. accumulated wealth; money and stock with which company starts
Answer: capital 6. car drawn by horses used in ancient times
Answer: chariot 7. collective ownership of land and means of production / distribution
Answer: collectivism 8. body of persons or business owned by body of investors
Answer: corporation 9. descendant of French or Spanish settlers in America
Answer: creole 10. act of putting to death on a cross especially that of Christ
Answer: crucifixion 11. customs and lifestyle of a group of people
Answer: culture 12. emperor or king of Russian Empire
Answer: Czar, Tsar, Tzar 13. absolute ruler or person with supreme authority
Answer: dictator 14. (of States) united, but independent in internal matters
Answer: federal 15. defensive work to protect against enemy
Answer: fortification 16. association with common interest, e.g., of merchants or artisans
Answer: guild 17. Mohammedian era dating from A.D. 622; Mohammed's journey from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622
Answer: hejira, hegira 18. Greek culture
Answer: Hellenism 19. destiny or fate in next life is decided by sum of person's actions in previous lives according to Hinduism / Buddhism
Answer: karma 20. collective farm in Israel
Answer: kibbutz 21. Israeli parliament
Answer: Knesset 22. Russian government; citadel in Russian town especially that in Moscow
Answer: kremlin 23. ability to read and write
Answer: literacy 24. belief that material prosperity is the requirement for a good life
Answer: materialism 25. account of one's own life or experiences
Answer: memoirs 26. deliverer expected by the Jews
Answer: Messiah 27. adoption of modern means for producing quality goods and services
Answer: modernization 28. belief in one God
Answer: monotheism 29. buildings and statues designed or serving to commemorate people or things
Answer: monument 30. dead body of Egyptian Pharaoh that has been embalmed for preservation
Answer: mummy 31. Follower of Islam and believer in prophet Muhammad's teachings
Answer: Muslim 32. covered litter for a person carried on poles, formerly used in India and the East
Answer: palanquin 33. ancient writing material made from the paper reed grown on the banks of the Nile
Answer: papyrus 34. Egyptian king
Answer: Pharaoh 35. belief in more than one God
Answer: polytheism 36. State where people are supreme; system of government where citizens elect leaders exercising right to vote
Answer: republic 37. condition of supporting oneself without aid from others
Answer: self-sufficiency 38. State council of ancient Rome with nobles meeting to make laws; modern legislature
Answer: senate 39. chief general in Japan with more political power than emperor after 1162
Answer: shogun 40. civil community with its own government and laws
Answer: state 41. advocate of extending voting rights especially to women
Answer: suffragist 42. cruel government and oppressive use of authority
Answer: tyranny 43. adoption of western ideas and lifestyles by other countries
Answer: westernization
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