World History Vocabulary

1. disobedience peacefully not following laws (non-violent protest)
4. the act of spreading
6. to renounce or give up (title)
7. people create civilization by building or populating an area
8. the large political unit, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples or territories
11. the undoing of colonialism (undoing of city)
13. affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time
15. movement that applied reason and scientific laws to understand nature and society
16. status of person recongized under a state or country
19. diffusion the spreading of cultures from one place to another
22. study of space (stars, planets, moons, or galaxies)
23. of, relating to, or based on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services

1. A political and economic system where factors of production are collectively owned and directed by the state.
2. blending or fusing
3. reduction of the general level of prices in an economy
5. political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government led by a dictatorial ruler
7. city, state, or country with specific sets of government, economy, and culture (organized)
9. farming or husbandry (crops)
10. way of life
12. of or relating to an established set of principles governing a state
14. form of government in which all eligible citizens are meant to participate equally (directly or indirectly)
16. soldier / military personnel who becomes unavailable due to injury, death, capture, or desertion
17. pact, coalition, or friendship
18. a period of time that is associated with a particular quality, event, or person
20. a family of rulers who rule over a country for a long period of time
21. system method of manufacturing by using machinery