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10545823937Demographythe study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which change human populations.0
10545823938Sciencethe observation, identification, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of natural phenomena1
10545823939belief systema set of principles or tenets which together form the basis of a religion, philosophy, or moral code.2
10545823940Revolts and revolutionsA fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolt against the government.3
10545823941regional structureAn approach to organisational structure where sections are created based upon the geographical region of operation.4
10545823942diseasea disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.5
10545823943labor systemsa plan or system for utilizing convict labor often authorized by law6
10545823944Industrializationthe development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.7
10545823945Racial and ethnic constructionsDevelopment and transformation of racial and ethnic structures by society.8
10545823946Social and economic classespeople having the same social and economic status9
10545823947Human MigrationThe physical movement by humans from one area to another, sometimes over long distances or in large groups.10
10545823948Patterns of SettlementThe science of human settlements, including city or community planning and designing.11
10545823949Religionthe belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.12
10545823950TechnologyThe application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes13
10545823951technological innovationthe discovery and development of new or improved products, services, or processes for producing or providing them14
10545823952Forms of GovernanceDifferent based on who had the power. Ex- monarchy, democracy, oligarchy, authoritarianism, and totalitarianism.15
10545823953Socialisma political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.16
10545823954Gender roles and relationssocially constructed roles, behaviors, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women17
10545823955EmpiresGroups of countries united under the power of a single ruler.18
10545823956Nations, Nation-states, and nationalismPeople who share a commonality and stay in a country with borders, and has its own government and patriotism and self discrimination.19
10545823957Transregional and global structuresStructures that cover a region, which may be within a single country or covering several20
10545823958International Organizationan organization that sets up one or a few facilities in one or a few foreign countries21
10545823959Alliances and diplomacyagreements between nations to aid and protect one another and the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.22
10545823960Agricultural productionthe process of creating goods and services by growing crops and raising animals to provide food, wool, and other products23
10545823961pastoral productiona form of agriculture aimed at producing livestock, rather than growing crops.24
10545823962Trade and commercebusiness (buying and selling of goods) between businesses and people within a society or between societies25
10545823963Capitalisman economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.26
10545823964Family and KinshipGroups of people related by blood or marriage27
10545823965UrbanizationAn increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.28
10545823966The artsInclude visual arts, literature (written and oral), music, and performance arts29
10545823967political structuresthe way in which people have organized and governed themselves30
10545823968Geographythe study of the earth's physical and cultural features31
10545823969PhilosophiesA set of views and theories related to knowledge and ideas32
10545823970Ideologiessets of beliefs about politics and society that help people make sense of their world33

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