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social studies
soc. studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| emperor | a male ruler of an empire |
| dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| clan | a group of families with a common ancestor |
| cultural diffusion | the spreading of ideas or practices from one culture to other cultures |
| communist | relating to a government that controls a country's large industries, businesses and land |
| commune | a community in which people own land as a group and where they live and work together |
| dialect | a variation of a language that is unique to a region or an area |
| nomad | a person who has no settled home but who moves from place to place |
| homogeneous | identical or similar |
| ethnic group | a group of people who share such characteristics as language religion and ancestry |