| A | B |
| industrialisation | he production of goods using machinery rather than manual labour and the consequent replacement of industries as the basis of a society’s economy rather than agriculture, crafts and trades |
| urbanisation | the trend for W people to leave their rural environments to live and work in cities and the growth and expansion of cities that occurred as a result. This brought about changed patterns of land use, population distribution and economic activities. |
| democracy | government by elected representatives of the people |
| suffrage | a term used to describe the right to vote |
| feminism | action to support the attainment of political, economic and social equality for women |
| liberalism | a view of society emphasising individuals (not classes) and their rights to freedom of political, religious, intellectual and artistic expression. The view also incorporates the goals of parliamentary democracy and a free enterprise economy. |
| empire | a word describing the peoples and territory ruled by one more powerful nation |
| imperialism | the practice of increasing a nation’s power by taking control of other nations and their resource |
| nationalism | sense of a national identity developed from belonging to a group sharing common cultural, linguistic and historical ties, and the desire to work with others to achieve common goals related to these, at times regardless of how this might affect other countries |
| globalisation | the process of increasing interaction and interdependence among the world’s peoples and the associated export of ideas, capital, products and culture into new areas |
| trade unionism | the development of workers’ power through their combination into groups (trade unions) that represent them and fight for their interests |