WHAP SUMMER VOCAB- DAY1

Urbanization

a large movement of people from rural areas into cities

Tribute

a gift to show respect

Theocracy

a government system where priests rule as a speaker for the gods

Syncretism

when a religion combines or attempts to be combined with another religion

Stratification

arranging something into diffferent groups

Sphere of Influence

a political area where one dominant party exerts power over another through influencing the other party’s military, political, and/or economical decisions.

Sovereignty

supreme power and control over a state or its territory

Socialism

a social organization that gives the community power to make decisions about production, distribution, and exchange

sedentary

to be inactive or sit (refers to person)

secular

non-religious, to describe something that has nothing to do with religion

sect

a smaller group of people that have different religious beliefs than the larger group they belong to

subjective

something that is influenced by a person’s opinions, tastes, and/or emotions

regime

a system of government, rule, and/or management

radical

new, thorough, extreme

propaganda

deliberate spread of information or misinformation to influence public opinion

power vaccum

when a leader’s government loses authority, and no other leader takes its place

periphery

outside boundaries, or surface of something

patriarchy

a society that is controlled, led, and focused on men

pastoralism

a lifestyle focused on raising herd animals

Objective

a fact; something that can be proven with data, without emotions involved

Orthodox

following the traditional, or widely accepted beliefs

Oligarchy

a government system led by a small group of wealthy people

Nationalization

a process where the government turns private businesses into public ones

Nationalism

a political idea that one nation or nationality is above all others