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2799054499AutonomyThe right or power to govern oneself. Self-determination0
2799054500CapitalismAn economic system based on private ownership of the means of production, open competition, and desire for profit.1
2799054501CivilizationComplex society with a permanent location urban areas, specialization of labor, social classes, and advanced technology.2
2799054502ColonyA foreign territory ruled by a "parent" state.3
2799054503CosmopolitanConsisting of a group of people or cultures from around the world; a diverse, multi-cultural or multi-ethnic community.4
2799054504DemocracyA government where the citizens exercise political power through voting.5
2799054505DemographicsThe statistical characteristics of human populations.6
2799054506DiasporaThe breaking up and scattering of a people.7
2799054507DiffusionThe spread of cultural traditions from one area or group of people to another.8
2799054508EmpireA group of territories or peoples ruled by a single sovereign authority.9
2799054509FranchiseThe right to vote; any right or freedom granted by the government.10
2799054510GenderThe behavioral and cultural traits typically associated with one sex.11
2799054511GlobalizationThe process of developing economic, cultural and political integration across national boarders.12
2799054512HegemonyDominant influence or authority over others.13
2799054513HierarchyThe classification of people based on economic social or professional standing; system of social classes.14
2799054514UrbanRelating to a city.15
2799054517IdeologySet of beliefs, especially relating to human life, culture, government.16
2799054518InterregionalBetween two or more world regions.17
2799054520MatriarchyA society ruled by women; a community in which women are considered the head of the family and where lineage and inheritance are traced from the mother.18
2799054521MillenniumA period of 1,000 years.19
2799054522MonarchyA government ruled by a single person, typically chosen from a royal family or dynasty.20
2799054523OligarchyA government ruled by a small group of elites.21
2799054524PatriarchyA society ruled by men; social organization marked by the supremacy of the father, legal dependence of wives and children, and inheritance through the male line.22
2799054525RevolutionA dramatic change in ways of thinking and behaving; the overthrow of a ruler of political system.23
2799054526RuralRelating to the countryside.24
2799054527SocialismAn economic system based on public ownership of the means of production, sharing of resources, and desire to create economic equality.25
2799054528SovereigntySupreme authority within territorial boundaries.26
2799054529SpatialRelating to, or occupying space; "across space".27
2799054530SpecializationProcess of becoming trained or designed for one particular purpose or occupation.28
2799054531StateAn area with its own fully independent government "state" can refer to the place or the government.29
2799054532SuffrageThe legal right to vote.30
2799054533SyncretismThe blending of two or more religious or cultural traditions31
2799054534TemporalRelating to the sequence of time, "over time".32

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