Key Terms 1-30

Question 1

Abdication

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To renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function.

Question 2

Abolitionism

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Abolitionism was a social reform effort to abolish slavery in the United States.

Question 3

Absolutism

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the principle of complete and unrestricted government power, usually in the hands of one person, a dictator or despot.

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agriculture

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The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth’s surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain

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Anti-Semitism

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hostility or prejudice against Jews Significance/Time Period/Region: By the late 1000s, Western Europe had become more christianized, and prejudice against Jews increased. When faced with disasters they could not understand (such as illness or famine), Christians often blamed Jews. (Example: Black Death / Bubonic Plague). Anti-Semitism was present and strongly influential during the Middle Ages in Europe.

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Aristocracy

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government headed by a privileged minority or upper class Significance/ Time Period/ Region: Between 750 BCE and 500 BCE, different forms of government were evolving in Greece. While Greece started off as a monarchy (in which a hereditary ruler exercises central power), at first a class of noble landowners defended the king. Over time, they won power for themselves resulting in an aristocracy.

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assimilation

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the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society.

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bias

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Tendency toward prejudice; personal judgment

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bureaucracy

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A body of non-elected government officials that make policy

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capitalism

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Economic System characterized by private ownership, free-enterprise and lack of government in the economy

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chiefdom

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A society grouping governed by a chief who typically relies on generosity, ritual status, or charisma rather than force to win obedience from the people

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censorship

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when individuals or groups try to prevent others from saying, printing, or depicting words and images.

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city-state

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An autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory

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civilization

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A relatively high level of cultural and technological development (including writing)

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communism

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Communism is a political and economic system in which the major productive resources in a society—such as mines, factories, and farms—are owned by the public or the state, and wealth is divided among citizens equally or according to individual need.

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colonialism

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Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.

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contemporary period

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is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present

Post World War II

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demography

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The statistical study of human population especially related to size, distribution, density and vital statistics

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diaspora

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the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland.

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cultural diffusion

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Spread of culture elements form one area or group to another through contact

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diplomacy

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and the means by which nations, groups, or individuals conduct their affairs, in ways to safeguard their interests and promote their political, economic, cultural or scientific relations, while maintaining peaceful relationships.

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divine

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it maintains that the king’s authority comes from God and, as such, the king is accountable only to God for his actions.

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dynasty

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A succession of rulers from the same family

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Early modern period

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(1450-1750) era is the period the Europeans “wake-up”, expand, and build empires.

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economy

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the system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

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empire

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A political unit having a great extent of territories or people under a single authority

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epidemic

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an increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in that population in that area.

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feudalism

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Political system where underlords hold/use land in return for military protection and peasants work the land in return for protection

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genocide

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The deliberate, systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group

Question 30

globalization

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The development of an increasingly integrated world economy