Task 2

Directions:

1. Define the terms in the list below. The definition should relate back to history or social studies. 

2. For words with an astrick (*) after them, choose which SPICE-T theme(s) fits best with each word. 

3. Within the first 2 weeks of school, you will be tested over these terms. For the test, you will need to be able to provide definition and SPICE-T theme(s). 

 **Format: You may create flashcards, write the words down in a list, etc. Make sure that YOU understand the definition and are not just copying down phrases you find on the internet. 

Vocabulary Terms

1. abdicate*

2. agrarian*

3. animism*

4. appeasement*

5. aristocracy*

6. artisan

7. asceticism*

8. assimilate

9. authoritarian*

10. autocracy*

11. bourgeois*

12. bureaucracy*

13. cartography*

14. censorship

15. centralized government*

16. coerced labor*

17. clergy*

18. colony*

19. commerce*

20. concubine*

21. conscription*

22. coup*

23. divine right*

24. decentralized government*

25. demographic

26. despot*

27. diaspora

28. dissent

29. domestic

30. dynasty*

31. edict*

32. egalitarian*

33. emigrate*

34. ethnic group*

35. gentry

36. hierarchy*

37. homogenous

38. imperialism

39. indigenous

40. infrastructure*

41. lineage

42. linguistic

43. maritime

44. matrilineal

45. mercenary

46. monarchy*

47. monopoly

48. monotheism*

49. nationalism*

50. nomadic*

51. oligarchy*

52. papacy*

53. parliament*

54. pastoral* (in relation to society, NOT religion)

55. patriarchy*

56. patronage

57. peasant*

58. piety

59. polygamy*

60. polytheism*

61. proletariat*

62. republic*

63. secular*

64. sedentary

65. stratification

66. suffrage*

67. syncretism

68. theocracy*

69. theology*

70. totalitarian*

71. tributary state*

72. tyranny*

73. urbanization*

74. usurp

75. vernacular*