| A | B |
|---|
| Amdo | major province of Tibet annexed by Manchurian China in 1724 |
| Authority | power or right to give commands, enforce obedience or take action |
| Autonomous | functioning independently without control by others |
| Communism | economic theory based on ownership of property by the community |
| Cultural Imperialism | promoting the culture or language of one nation onto another |
| Dalai Lama | Tibet's spiritual and political leader |
| Dharamsala | Nth Indian place of the Tibetan Government in Exile |
| Diplomacy | conducting relations between nations |
| Ethnic Cleansing | attempt to systematically eliminate an ethnic group from a country or region |
| Genocide | systematic killing of an ethnic group |
| Human Rights | rights thought to be inherent to each human being |
| Identity | characteristics and qualities of a person |
| Imperialism | forming and maintaining an empire |
| Mantra | Tibetan prayer |
| Monasticism | life in a monastery; priesthood |
| Nation | stable, historically developed community of people with territory, economy, culture and language in common |
| Nationalism | devotion to one's nation; desire for national independence |
| Panchen Lama | Tibet's second highest spiritual leader |
| Pollution | corruption, degradation, debasement |
| Power | ability to control others |
| Potala | palace of the Dalai Lamas |
| PRC | People's Republic of China |
| Racism | practice of racial discrimination |
| Self-Determination | right of a people to make decisions about their political status |
| Sovereignty | supreme and independent poltiical authority |
| Suzerain | feudal lord; state in its relation to a semiautonomous state over which it exercises political control |
| Suzerainty | position or power of a suzerain |
| TAR | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Theocracy | government by a person claiming rule with divine authority |
| Influence | power of persons to affect others |
| hegemony | leadership |
