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Global Vocabulary

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Anthropologist   social scientist who studies the physical characteristics, origins, cultures and artifacts of human beings.  
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Archaeologist   social scientists who studies past human life by examining the monuments and relics left by ancient people.  
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Codified Law   organized and written set of rules or laws.  
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Conquistador   Spanish explorers who conquered land in the Americas for Spain during 1500s and 1600s.  
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Decolonization   Process by which European colonies in Africa and Asia became independent countries after World War II ended.  
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Ethnocentrism   prejudicial belief that one’s culture or standards are superior to those of other societies.  
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Expansionism   policy of increasing a nation’s territory at the expense of another nation.  
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Exploitation   term used to describe how the mother countries took advantage of their colonies to insure that their own economies grew.  
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Extraterritorality   special right of citizens of a foreign country to be tried for a crime by the laws and courts of their own nation; applied to Westerners in China during the 19th and 20th centuries.  
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Illiteracy   in ability to read or write; one measure of a country’s industrial development and standard living.  
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Imperialism   policy whereby one nation dominate by direct or indirect rule the political, economic, and social life of foreign country, region or area.  
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Internet   global computer connection using telephone lines or modems providing on-line contact with people and information on most subjects.  
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Mestizo   people of mixed European and Native American ancestry in the Spanish colonies of Latin America.  
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Peninsular   person born in Spain or Portugal who was eligible for the highest position in the Latin American colonies.  
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Protectorate   form of imperial control in which the foreign country allows the local ruler to remain in power but controls affairs behind the scenes.  
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Satellite Countries   countries politically and economically controlled by a nearby country such as Easter European countries that were dominated by the Soviet Union after World War II.  
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Self-Determination   right of the people to make their own decision s about their political and economic development.  
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Serf   peasant in feudal times who was legally bound to the land, owned by the lord and subject to the will of the lord.  
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Social Contract   political theory of 17th and 18th century Europe stating that there is an agreement between the people and the government, with people giving up power to their leader in return for liberty, and property; government that fail to fulfill their agreement can  
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Sphere of Influence   area or region of a country in which a foreign country had exclusive trading privileges such as the right to build railroads and factories; special regions along the coast of China in the 19th century controlled by European imperial countries.  
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