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3960855110AutonomyThe right or power to govern oneself, self determined0
3960855111CapitalismAn economic system based on private ownership of the means of production. (Land labor materials tools)open competition and desire for profit.1
3960855112CivilizationComplex society w/ a permanent location urban areas specialization of labor social classes and advanced tech2
3960855113ColonyA foreign territory ruled by a parent state3
3960855114CosmopolitanConsisting of a group of people or cultures from around the world a diverse multi cultural or multi ethnic community4
3960855115DemocracyA government where the people vote and have political power5
3960855116DemographicThe statistical characteristics of human population6
3960855117DiasporaThe breaking up of and scattering of people. Often forced7
3960855118DiffusionThe spread of cultural traditions from one area or group of people to another8
3960855119EmpireA group of territories or people ruled by a single sovereign ruler9
3960855120FranchiseThe right to vote any right or freedom granted by the government10
3978867949GenderThe behavioral and cultural traits typically associated with one sex male or female11
3978867950GlobalizationThe process of devolping economic, cultural, and political integration across national borders12
3978867951HegemonyDominant influence or authority over others13
3978867952HierarchyThe classification or ranking of people based on economic social or professional standing system of social classes14
3978867953IdeologySet of beliefs especially relating to human life culture or government15
3978867954MatriarchA 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 mother16
3978867955MillenniumA period of 1000 years17
3978867956MonarchyA government ruled by a single person typically chosen from a royal family or dynasty18
3978867957OligarchyA government ruled by a small group of elites19
3978867958PatriarchyA society ruled by men social organization marked by the supremacy of the father legal dependence of wives and children and inheritance through the male line20
3978867959RevolutionA dramatic change in ways of thinking and behaving the overthrow of a ruler or political system21
3978867960RuralRelating to the countryside opposite of urban22
3978867961SocialismAnd economic system based on public ownership of the means of production land labor and materials tools ect, sharing of resources and the desire to create economic equality opposite of capitalism23
3978867962SovereignitySupreme authority within territorial boundaries24
3978867963SpatialRelating to or occupying space across space25
3978867964SpecializationProcess of becoming trained or designed for one particular purpose or occupation26
3978867965StateAn area with its own independent government27
3978867966SuffrageThe legal right to vote28
3978867967SyncretismThe blending of two or more religious or cultural traditions29
3978867968TemporalRelating to the sequence of time overtime30
3978867969UrbanRelating to the city opposite of opposite of rural31

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