Across
- 2. An explanation for the development of mega-empires through the confrontation between nomadic and sedentary populations, triggering a mutual reinforcing cycle of organization and confrontation.
- 3. The world is divided into three sets of states depending on the role they play in economic production: Core-countries, semi-periphery and periphery countries. Core countries rely on capital intensive production and a skilled labor force, whereas periphery countries have production processes focused on labor intensive production with low-skilled workers.
- 4. An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned (instead of by the state) and used to generate and maximize profit.
Down
- 1. Concept used to describe the rivalry between the British and Russian Empires in the nineteenth century over control of the central Asian landmass