Term | Definition |
head of the Roman Catholic Church | pope |
belief that royalty ruled by the will of God | divine right of kings |
formal agreement that establishes a country's government and details how it will operate | constitution |
the amount of work accomplished in a given time | productivity |
system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages | imperialism |
political agreement between countries to support each other in disputes with other countries | alliance |
mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture | genocide |
weapon whose destructive power comes from an uncontrolled nuclear reaction | nuclear weapon |
common currency adopted by countries in the European Union | euro |
related to another country | foreign |
related to your own country | domestic |
statistical data of a population | demographics |
the total value of all goods and services produced in a country | GDP/GNP |
the total value of all goods and services produced in a country divided by the number of people in that country | GDP/GNP per capita |
the average number of years a person from a certain group lives | life expectancy |
a ruler with absolute power who rules unjustly | tyrant |
official who heads the government in a parliamentary democracy | prime minister |
nation politically and economically dominated or controlled by another, more powerful country | satellite countries/nations |
percentage of people who can read and write | literacy rate |
supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and other countries | parliament |