| A | B |
| ECONOMIC SYSTEMS | system that determines what goods and services should be produced and in what amounts |
| SOCIAL SYSTEMS | Interaction of people within a specific culture |
| POLITICAL SYSTEMS | system that determines the powers and limitations of a specific government |
| BELIEF SYSTEMS | groups religion, philosophy or means of explaining natural occurrences |
| CULTURE AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE | consist of a groups’ language, food, dress, art and understanding of their world |
| DIVERSITY | the quality of being different |
| HUMAN RIGHTS | unwritten laws that all humans are entitled to at birth |
| INTERDEPENDENCE | the reliance of people on goods, resources, and knowledge of other parts of the world |
| IMPERIALISM | occurs when a strong nation takes over a weaker |
| NATIONALISM | demonstrating extreme pride in ones group or |
| URBANIZATION | occurs when people migrate from the country side to the cities |
| OIL | 2ND importnat resource in the Middle East |
| MONOTHEISTIC | Judaism, Christianity, Islam |
| NATIONALISM | quest for Zionist and Palestinians |
| INDIA | Hindu South Asian nation formed in 1947 |
| PAKISTAN | Moslem South Asian nation formed in 1947 |
| MONSOONS | seasonal winds |
| TAIPING REBELLION | opposed Manchu dynasty |
| TRADE DEFICIT | US trade relationship with China and Japan |
| CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE | purposely breaking unjust laws |
| TIANANMEN SQUARE | Deng Xiaoping's political legacy |
| SPHERES OF INFLUENCE | During the late 1800's, imperialitstic nations divided China |
| MEIJI | brought Japan into the modern world via industrialization |
| SINGAPORE | took advantage of their geography to become world leaders in trade |
| APARTHEID | South african class structure similar to Indian caste system |
| CASTRO | Mao was to China as he was to Cuba |
| AFRICA | Jomo Kenyatta and Leopold Sanghore lead movements for independence in |
| HO CHI MINH | Leader of Vietnam |