| Term | Definition |
| aiding | to help. |
| believes | to have faith in something |
| degree | level,amount |
| influenced | to have the power to make something change |
| necessarily | in an unavoidable way |
| populated | inhabited |
| principles | a general truth, belief or rule. |
| tolerates | to allow something that you do not agree with 2) to suffer something without complaining to endure or put up with something |
| understands | to know, to see the meaning of something. |
| admires | to have great respect, to think highly of; |
| deserve | to be worthy of, to have a right to. |
| facets | aspect of something. |
| founder | a person who created and established something. |
| innocent | not guilty or wicked. 2) harmless |
| jade | a dark green precious stone. |
| peasantry | the collective name for people who work on land. |
| personalities | character, the way you think and act that makes you different from all others. |
| systems | a set of parts of things, or ideas that work together, a way of doing something. |
| access | way to reach something. |
| amidst | in the middle of, during. |
| barbarians | au uncivilized, savage person |
| continues | to go on doing something. |
| cycle | a series of events that are refularly repeated. |
| famines | a period of time when there is a very severe shortage of food. |
| floods | a large amount of water spreading over a place that is usually dry. |