Vocab Flashcards
Artisans
A person skilled in a particular craft
Autonomous
Self governing independent subject to its own laws
Bureaucracy
A system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of government
Centralization
The concentration of administrative power in a central government or authority
Circa
About, especially used in approximate dates
Codify
To catalogue or organize a set of laws rules
Cultural diffusion
The spreading of ideas or ideas from culture to culture
Culture
A people unique way of life
Assimilation
Merging of cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups
Decentralization
To reorganize a government or industry into smaller
Deforestation
The clearing of trees transforming forest into cleared land
Demography
The study of size growth density and other characterizations of human populations
Desertification
The process by which fertile land becomes desert
Diaspora
Any group that has been dispersed outside of its traditional homeland
Doctrine
A set of beliefs taught by a religion
Egalitarian
Belief in equality of all people
Elite
A group of persons exercising the major share of authority or influence within another group
Epidemic
Outbreak of a contagious disease
Gender
Sexual identity
Indigenous
Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place
Interregional
Connecting two or more regions
Intraregional
Within a region
Manifesto
A public declaration of intentions opinions issued by a government or organization
Religion
Belief system
Sedentary
Settled, not migratory
Social hierarchy
Referring to the hierarchical arrangement of individuals into divisions of power and wealth within a society
Static
Showing little change
Syncretism
Combination of different cultures resulting in a unique culture
Transregional
The exchange of goods and traditions across political or geographic boundaries
Anti
Against
De
Opposite
Dis
Not
Inter
Between
Intra
Within
Mis
Wrongly
Non
Not
Pan
Involving all of or union of specified group
Poly
Many
Post
After
Pre
Before
Re
Again
Semi
Half
Trans
Across
Un
Not
Able/ible
Can be done
Al
Having characteristics of
Cide
Killer of
Ed
Past tense verbs
Ic
Having characteristics of
Ing
Verb form/ present participle
Ion, tion,
Act, process
Ism
Indicates belief or principle
Ist
Person who does a specific Action of activity
Ize
To cause
