82650506 | Globalization | the process of developing economic, social, cultural and political interdependence across international borders. | 0 | |
82650507 | Specialization | a specific occupation practiced by an individual | 1 | |
82650508 | Capitalism | an economic system in which the factors of the production are privately owned. | 2 | |
82650509 | socialism | an economic system in which the factors of the production are publicly owned, and operated for the good of all. | 3 | |
82650510 | syncretism | the blending of two or more religious or cultural traditions | 4 | |
82650511 | diffusion | the spread of cultural traditions from one area or group of people to another | 5 | |
82650512 | empire | a major political unit controlling territory or people under a single sovereign authority | 6 | |
82650513 | colony | a body of peple living in a territory under the authority of a parent state | 7 | |
82650514 | hegemony | dominant influence or authority oer others | 8 | |
82650515 | demographics | the statistical characteristics of human populations | 9 | |
82650516 | diaspora | the breaking up and scattering of a people | 10 | |
82650517 | temporally | relating to the sequence of time; "over time" | 11 | |
82650518 | spatially | relating to, or occupying space; "across space" | 12 | |
82650519 | monarchy | rule by a single person | 13 | |
82650520 | oligarchy | government by a small group of elites | 14 | |
82650521 | democracy | a government by the people based on economic, social, or professional standing | 15 | |
82650522 | suffrage | the legal right to vote | 16 | |
82650523 | franchise | or enfranchisement: a right or freedome granted by the government; the right to vote | 17 | |
82650524 | sovereignty | supreme authority within territorial boundaries | 18 | |
82650525 | autonomy | the right or power to govern oneself; self-determination | 19 | |
82650526 | revolution | a drastic and far reaching change in ways of thining and behaving | 20 | |
82650527 | cosmopolitan | common to or representative of many parts of the world; not national of local | 21 |
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