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20 Cards in this Set
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a monarchy that is not limited or restrained by laws or a constitution
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Absolute Monarchy
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ADJ related to land, farming, agriculture, or plants growing in the wild;N a person who favors the equal division of landed property and the advancement of agricultural groups
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Agrarian
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a formal agreement between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes; the act of allying or state of being allied
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Alliances
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a resident born in or belonging to another country who has not yet acquired citizenship by naturalization; a foriegner
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Alien
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an altercation of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc; a change made by correction, addition, or deletion
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Amendment
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a state of society without govenrment or law; political and social disorder due to the absence of government control
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Anarchy
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any system or practice that seperates people according to race, caste, etc
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Apartheid.
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the policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace
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Appeasement
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a government ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class; a government by those considered to be the best or most able people on the state
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Aristocracy
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a temporary suspension of hostilites by agreement of the warring parties; truce
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Armistice
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the merging of cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups, not involving biological amalgamation
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Assimilation
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horrible things commited by a state, an abomination
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Atrocites
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a swift, sudden military offense, usually by combined air and mobile land forces
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Blitzkrieg
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the isolation, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to present entrance or exit
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Blockade
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an extreme political radical; revolutionary or anarchrist
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Bolsheviks
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the class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage-earning class, is primarily concerned with property values
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Bourgeoisie
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the town or city that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.; a city regarded as being of special eminence in some field of activity; an accumulated source of such wealth
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Capital
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an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth
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Capitalism
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a person who is not on active duty with a military, police, or fire fighting organization
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Civilian
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conflict between classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests
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Class Conflict
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