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HISTORICAL WORD :
MEANING- absolutism : principle of government with absolute ruler who holds supreme power
- administrator : person with an ability to organize and manage affairs or estate
- agrarian : relating to land, agriculture and cultivation
- apartheid : policy of racial discrimination (e.g., in South Africa)
- archives : public records or place where records are stored
- armor : protective covering for body worn in fighting
- autonomy : right of self-government or ruling self without outside control
- capitalist : person with wealth who invests in business for profit
- caucus : private meeting or local committee for political party organization
- civil : relating to citizens or State; non-military
- coup d'etat : revolt by military leaders leading to violent or illegal change of government
- dissident : rebellious person who is not in agreement with the government
- explorer : person who travels to places with a sense of inquiry
- exterritoriality : right to be free from jurisdiction of territory one resides in; right of foreigners to be protected by their own nation's laws
- glasnost : policy of openness on domestic and international fronts initiated by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
- indulgence : privilege often granted by Popes during purgatory for reduction of punishment to sinner
- industrialization : process of establishing large-scale industries
- inflation : price increases due to increases in money supply
- lord : powerful nobleman in the Middle Ages with his own land owing allegiance to the king
- medieval : relating to the Middle Ages
- monastery : place where monks live as a community
- monastic : relating to monks and monasteries
- mosque : place of worship for Muslims
- nationalization : process of converting into national property or bringing under government control
- neolithic : relating to the later Stone Age
- non-intervention : policy of keeping aloof from disputes of others
- palaeolithic : relating to earliest stone implements
- perestroika : policy of reforms for the Soviet economy initiated by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
- proliferation : rapid growth, spread or multiplication
- purdah : practice of secluding women of rank with screen in India
- reincarnation : rebirth of soul in other living embodiment as per Hinduism and Buddhism
- Renaissance : revival of arts and letters about A.D. 1400 - 1600; any similar revival period
- ruins : remains of old cities and buildings
- satrap : provincial governor in the Persian Empire
- scroll : roll of parchment or paper; ancient book in roll form
- site : place chosen for building or town
- socialism : principle where society, not individuals, owns property and runs enterprises
- Socratic : relating to Socrates, the wise man of ancient Greece
- suffrage : right of voting at elections
- Taoism : religious doctrine of the Chinese philosopher, Lao-tsze, about how man can achieve harmony
- topography : physical features of a region and their description
- totalitarianism : political system with single-party dictatorship and complete control over citizen's lives
- urbanization : process of changing from rural villages to towns and cities
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