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Term | Definition |
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ethno | race,culture |
ethnologist | a person who studies races and peoples, their relations to one another, their origins, and their distinctive characteristics. |
ethnicity | the cultural characteristics that connect a particular group |
ethnocentric | the attitude that one's own group is superior |
demo | people |
demotic | of or relating to the common people; |
demagogue | a political leader who gains power by appealing to people's emotions, instincts, and prejudices in a way that is considered manipulative and dangerous |
gen | birth,origin,race |
progeny | an offspring of a person, animal, or plant |
genetics | .study of heredity: the branch of biology that deals with heredity and genetic variations |
indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment |
port | to carry |
portfolio | a large flat case for carrying documents such as maps, photographs, or drawings |
deportation | to expel or banish somebody back to his or her own country |
tele | across |
telemetry | The process of transmitting (radio signals, data, etc.) automatically and at a distance |
telescope | An optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and brighter |
arch | most important,rule,ancient |
oligarchy | government by a small group of people who hold all the power |
patriarch | the male head of a family |
anarchy | political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control |