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| a country’s freedom from outside control |
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| growth of city populations |
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| process by which cultural traits move from one culture to another |
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| area where cultural ideas begin and from which they spread |
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| average number of people in a square mile or a square kilometer |
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| political system in which power is shared by the national government and smaller political units |
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| type of government in which the leaders hold almost all of the political power |
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| type of government in which the people choose their leaders and determine government policy |
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| person who moves into a country |
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| number of live births each year per 1,000 people |
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| the restriction of a culture from outside influences |
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| authoritarian government in which people inherit their positions |
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| beliefs and actions that define a group of people’s way of life |
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| type of government in which rulers often gain and keep power by military force |
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| process of adapting traits from other cultures |
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| political system in which a central government makes laws for an entire nation |
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| person who leaves a country to live elsewhere |
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| economic system based on the state making all economic decisions |
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| economic system in which means of production and distribution are privately owned and operated for profit |
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