The Language of History Flashcards

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