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| a form of government in which a king or queen has unlimited power and seeks to control all aspects of society (p. 137) |
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| the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit (p. 329, 343) |
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| middle class; ruling class of the two basic classes of capitalist society, consisting of capitalists, manufacturers, bankers, and other employers. This class owns the most important of the means of profuction through which it exploits the working class. |
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| measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others (p. 186-187) |
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| a ruler with absolute power |
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| a person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business |
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| a foreign policy an interest of taking land based on its strategic location |
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| a person who is living in one country but born in another |
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| native to a country or region |
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| the people or companies that are a part of a particular kind of business |
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| the basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society, such as transportation and communication systems, water and power lines, and public institutions including, schools, post offices, hospitals and prisons |
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| the movement of people from one country or place to another |
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natural resources/
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| materials that come from the earth, such as timber, fresh water, indigo, cotton, or minerals, that occurs in a natural state and can be used to make other goods |
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| one of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment (p. 172) |
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| the rights that all people are born with - according to John Locke the rights of life, liberty and property. |
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| the forceful change of government or society |
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| dividing government into executive, legislative, and judicial branches to implement the idea of checks and balances |
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| the application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as justification for imperialist expansion |
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| a foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities (p. 338) |
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| the quality of life of a person or a population, determined by the goods, services and luxuries available |
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| to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands (p. 270) |
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| an association of workers formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages (p. 270) |
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