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Most Challenging PBW
20 Most Challenging PBW for studying.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ETHNIC GROUP | A group of people who share a common culture and ancestry. |
| GLOBALIZATION | The process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other. |
| INTERDEPENDENCE | The reliance of one country on the resources, goods, or services of another country. |
| TEMPERATE ZONE | Includes climates like, Mediterranean, humid subtropical and marine west coast. |
| GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT | The total value of all the goods and services produced in a country in one year. |
| INFRASTRUCTURE | The set of resources, like roads and factories, that a country needs to support economic activities. |
| HUMAN RESOURCES | The people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, or economy. |
| CONSUMER | A person who buys goods or services. |
| APARTHEID | South Africa’s governmental policy of separation of the races. |
| COMMONWEALTH | A self-governing territory associated with another country. |
| EMPIRE | A land with different territories and people under a single ruler. |
| IMPERIALISM | An attempt to dominate a country’s government, trade, and culture. |
| PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHY | A type of government is ruled by a queen, but all laws are passed and enforced by an elected parliament. |
| INITIATIVE | A petition process by which voters can put a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot. |
| 8-FOLD PATH | The set of rules that Buddhists are prescribed to follow. |
| THE MIDDLE WAY | Buddha taught that this is the best way for Buddhists to live their lives. |
| VEDAS | The holy text of the Hindus. |
| NIRVANA | Buddha taught that a person could escape suffering and reach this peaceful state. |
| MUHAMMAD | The final prophet of Islam. |
| GANDHI | The Hindu who led the Indian Independence movement with his philosophy of nonviolent resistance. |