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| 75795234 | globalization | The process of developing economic, social, cultural and political interdependence across international borders. | |
| 75795235 | specialization | A specific occupation practiced by an individual. | |
| 75795236 | capitalism | An economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned. | |
| 75795237 | socialism | An economic system in which the factors of production are publicly owned. | |
| 75795238 | syncretism | The blending of two or more religious or cultural traditions. | |
| 75795239 | diffusion | The spread of cultural traditions from one area or group of people to another. | |
| 75795240 | empire | A major political unit controlling territory or people under a single sovereign authority. | |
| 75795241 | colony | A body of people living in a territory under the authority of a parent state. | |
| 75795242 | hegemony | Dominant influence or authority over others. | |
| 75795243 | demographics | The statistical characteristics of human populations. | |
| 75795244 | diaspora | The breaking up and scattering of a people. | |
| 75795245 | temporally | Relating to the sequence of time; "over time." | |
| 75795246 | spatially | Relating to, or occupying space; "across space." | |
| 75795247 | monarchy | Rule by a single person. | |
| 75795248 | oligarchy | Government by a small group of elites. | |
| 75795249 | democracy | A government by the people based on direct or indirect representation. | |
| 75795250 | hierarchy | The classification of people based on economic, social or professional standing. | |
| 75795251 | patriarchy | Social organization marked by the supremacy of the father, legal dependence of wives and children, and inheritance through the male line. | |
| 75795252 | matriarchy | Social organization in which descent and inheritance are traced through the female line. | |
| 75795253 | gender | The behavioral and cultural traits typically associated with one sex i.e. male or female. | |
| 75795254 | point of view | A person's perspective, typically influenced by class, gender and culture. | |
| 75795255 | bias | An iclination to observe situations from a preconceived point of view. | |
| 75795256 | continuity | Uninterrupted connection; the continuation of a preexisting entity. | |
| 75795257 | suffrage | The legal right to vote. | |
| 75795258 | franchise (enfranchisement) | A right or freedom by the government; the right to vote. | |
| 75795259 | sovereignty | Supreme authority within territorial boundaries. | |
| 75795260 | autonomy | The right or power to govern oneself; self-determination. | |
| 75795261 | revolution | A drastic and far reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving. | |
| 75795262 | cosmopolitan | Common to or representative of many parts of the world; not national or local. |
