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Longitude

History; World history

The curving distance east or west of the prime meridian that stretches from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Chemistry

History; World history

The science dealing with the structure, composition, properties, and reactive characteristics of substances.

Algebra

History; World history

A branch of mathematics pioneered by Islamic mathematician al-Khwarizimi in which letters are used to represent unknown numbers to generalise arithmetic.

David Lloyd George

History; World history

(1863-1945) British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922, he led Great Britain through World War I. He was one of the formulators of the Treaty of Versailles.

Encomienda system

History; World history

A system of production in Spains New World possessions which granted permission to conquistadors to enslave as many people needed to work a plantation.

Benito Juárez

History; World history

(1806-72) President of Mexico from 1861 to 1863 and 1867 to 1872. He was responsible for many reforms including reducing the power of the Catholic Church.

Social contract

History; World history

Theory of Thomas Hobbes that states the people form a social contract with government where they give up all rights for protection from other citizens.