Forms of Government
Government in which the people hold power and choose leaders and laws by voting
Democracy
System in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce in exchange for military protection
Feudalism
A feeling of intense loyalty and pride for one’s nation or people
Nationalism
Society where men are dominant, women typically not considered persons
Patriarchy
Advocacy for women’s rights and equal treatment
Feminism
A government ruled by a king or queen who usually inherits their role
Monarchy
Major economic shift of people working mostly on farms to mostly in factories, and living mostly in rural areas to mostly in cities
Industrialization
the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought, particularly religions
Syncretism
the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide
Globalization
a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
Fascism
Practice of expanding to control other states
Imperialism
An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned
Capitalism
the state of being unrelated or neutral in regards to religion
Secularism
Movement to end slavery
Abolitionism
any community whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland
Agrarian/Agricultural
A government in which rules are based on religious beliefs
Theocracy
economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy
Mercantilism
a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin
Diaspora
those engaged in manual-labor occupations or industrial work, who are paid through waged or salaried contracts
Working class
period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Age
Renaissance
The use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo
Authoritarianism
Economic system where government and workers own means of production, governmental owns and controls essential industries (food, housing, healthcare, infrastructure), groups of workers collectively own other businesses
Socialism
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
Propaganda
political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality and equality before the law
Liberalism
Economic system where the means of production are collectively owned, goods and wealth shared equally, natural progressions/final stage of socialism
Communism