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Political Systems
Cultural forces
Religions & Beliefs
Concepts Where?
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Geography Jeopardy!Culture
Rule passed by birth – ruler may have absolute
power or it may be limited by law.
Monarchy
Political Systems 100
Constitution/laws shape the government,
guarantee certain rights to the people
Republic
Political Systems 300
Spreading of a new technology or practice
to other places over time.
Cultural diffusion
Cultural Forces 100
Changes that remake society; often the
introduction of a new technology or practice,
but also reform and revision of existing
methods.
Innovations
Cultural Forces 200
The merging of cultural traits from previously
distinct cultural groups; usually minority groups becoming more like the
majority.
Assimilation
Cultural Forces 300
The likelihood or tendency for cultures to
become increasingly dissimilar with the
passing time, especially when isolated from
others.
Cultural divergence
Cultural Forces 400
Diverse cultures taking on each other’s values, attitudes, and customs.
Acculturation/Cultural convergence
Cultural Forces 500
Sacred text is the Torah, which outlines the laws for living a good life.
Judaism
Religions & Beliefs 100
Based on the teachings of Siddhartha Guatama,
instructs followers to follow the “Eightfold
Path.”
Buddhism
Religions & Beliefs 200
Three monotheistic religions that believe in
the same god.
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
Religions & Beliefs 300
A central element of other religions, this
belief is often found in the religions of
indigenous peoples.
animism
Religions & Beliefs 400
Centered in India, this religion has elements of
both Hinduism and Islam.
Sikhism
Religions & Beliefs 500
nationalismThe policy of holding the
interests of one’s own nation as separate from
(and more important than) other nations, extreme
versions of this have been used to justify aggression.
Concepts 200
Natural boundariesDivisions between two
nations formed by a physical feature such as a mountain, river, or sea.
Concepts 300
Culture hearthThe site ideas, materials, and technology develop and spread from – like
Mecca, the “birthplace” of Islam.
Concepts 500
United StatesRepublic governed by rule
of law; though there is “separation of church and state,” political institutions
are influenced by the majority religion,
Christianity
Where? 200
USSR under Stalin and Nazi Germany
Though they no longer exist, these two regimes
are the most notable examples of
totalitarianism – one atheist, and the other
Christian.
Where? 500