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Terms for world history in 9th grade
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10/07/2010

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Faction
Definition
Dissenting (going against a certain belief) goup of people winthin a larger group.
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Fascism
Definition
A government led by a dictator having comlete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, the regimentation all industry, commerce, etc., and amphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
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Genocide
Definition
THe deliberate and systematic extermination of national, racial, political, or cultural group.
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Global Market
Definition
The activety of buying or selling goods and services in all the countries of the world, or the value of the goods and services sold.
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Global Warming
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The theory that Earth's atmosphere is gradually warming due to the build up of carbon dioxide in the lower atmosphere caused by human activety such as the burning of coal.
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Government
Definition
THe political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.
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Economic System
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THe management of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material walfare of humankind.
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Elitism
Definition
THe feeling of superiority of the upper class or favored group.
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Era
Definition
A period of time in history.
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Ethics
Definition
Standarts of right and wrong; morals
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Ethnic cleansing
Definition
The killing or forcible removal of people of different ethnicities from an area by aggressors so that only the ethnic group of the aggressors remains.
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Ethnocentrism
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1) Sociology; the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culure.

2) A tendency to view alien groups or cultures from the perspective of one's own.

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Developing Nation
Definition
A non-industrialized poor country that is seeking to develop its resources through industrialization.
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Detente
Definition
The relaxation of tensions between countries through negotiations and agreements.
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Deterrent
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Something that serves to restrain another from diong something.
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Dictator
Definition
Ruler who has complete control over a government; in ancient Rome, a leader appointed to for six months in times of emergency.
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Discrimination
Definition
Unequal treatment or barriers.
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Disfranchisement
Definition
To deprive (a person) of a rigth of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
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Constitution
Definition
A document that limits a government's power by law.
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Corporation
Definition
An organization of people legally bound together by a charter to conduct some type of business.
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Culture
Definition
The values, beliefs and perceptions of the world that are learned and are shared by members of a community or society, and which they use to interpret experience and to generate behavior, and that are reflected in their own behavior.
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Demagogue
Definition

1) A leader who obtains power by measn of impassionate appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace.

2) A leader of the common people in the ancient times.

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Democracy
Definition
1) Government by the people, exarcised either directly or through elected representatives.
2) A political or social unit that has such a government.
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Despot
Definition
An autocrat who leads his/her country exclusively; dictator, tyrant
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Class
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1) A group sharing the same economic or social status.

2) Social rank; especially high social rank.

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Coalition
Definition
A temprary alliance of distict parties, persons, or states for joint actions, or a uniion of some kind.
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Colonailism
Definition
The system in which a territory is controlled by eople from another land.
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Communism
Definition
Form of socialism by Karl Marx; according to Marx, class struggle was inevitable and would lead to the creation fo a classless society in which all wealth and property would be owned by community as a whole.
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Consensus
Definition
A point reached in a negotiation where a general agreement of all or most of the people consulted is achieved.
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Conservatism
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1) The disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional to limit change.

2) The principles and practices of political conservatives.

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Brinkmanship
Definition
The art or practice of pushing a dangerous situation or confrontation to the limit of safety especially to force a desired outcome.
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Bureaucracy
Definition

1) A body of nonelective government officials.

2) An administrative policy-making group.

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Capitalism
Definition
An econimic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decisions, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.
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Citizenship
Definition

A) The status of being a citizen

B) 1. Membership in a community 2. Quality of an individual's response to a membership in a community

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Civil Libirties
Definition
Freedom from arbitrary government interference specifically by denial of government power and in the United States especially as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
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Caste
Definition
One of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their assocation with the members of other castes.
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Arbitration
Definition
Settlement of a dispute by the decision of a judge, umpire, or committee.
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Aristocracy
Definition
Government by the best individual or by a small privileged class.
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Autocracy
Definition
Government in which one person posses unlimited power.
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Bias
Definition
An unfair act or policy resulting from prejudice.
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Bigotry
Definition
Intolerance and prejudice
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Bipartisan
Definition
Supported by members of two parties, especially two major political parties.
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Allocation
Definition
The process of choosing which needs will be satisfied and how much of our resources we will use to satisfy them.
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Amendment
Definition
Any agreed upon change made to an official document.
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Amnesty
Definition
A general pardon granted by a government, especially for political offenses.
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Anarchy
Definition
Absence of any form of government.
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Apartheid
Definition
Racial segregation. Happened in South Africa.
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Appeasement
Definition
Pacify, conciliate; to buy off  by concessions usually at the sacrifice of principles.
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