GLOBAL STUDIES PRETEST TERMS 2014-2015

1.Globalization / International integration arising from the interchange ofworld views, products, ideas, and other aspects ofculture; interdependenceof economic and cultural activities facilitated by advances intransportationandtelecommunicationsinfrastructure
2. Sovereignty / Concept that a state has the full right and power to govern itself without any interference from outside sources or bodies.
3. Microfinance / Financial servicesfor entrepreneurs and small businesses lacking access tobankingand related services.
4. Ethnocentrism / Judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture.[
5. Secular / ("worldly" or "temporal") is the state of being separate fromreligionor not being exclusively allied with or against any particular religion.
6. Sacred / Worthy of religious worship : very holy. : relating to religion. : highly valued and important : deserving great respect.
7. Fundamentalism / The demand for a strict adherence to orthodox theological doctrines; strictliteralismas applied to certain specific scriptures, dogmas, or ideologies; emphasis on purity and the desire toreturnto a previous ideal from which it is believed that members have begun to stray.
8. Blasphemy / Insulting or showing contempt or lack ofreverencefor aGod, to religious or holy persons or things, or toward something consideredsacredor inviolable
9. Warlord / A military commander exercising civil power in a region, whether in nominal allegiance to the national government or in defiance of it; locally powerful militants who rule by force in the absence of a strong central government.
10. Nation / A large group of people who share a common language,culture,ethnicity,descent, or history
11. State / An organized political community (polity), living under a government
12. Nationalism / Strong identification with one’s ethnic, cultural or religious background
13. Nationalize / The transfer of a major branch of industry or commerce from private to state ownership or control.
14. Sectarian / Subdivisions within a group, such as between differentdenominationsof areligion,orfactionsof apolitical movement.
15. Cult of Personality / When an political leader usesmass media,propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and at times, worshipful image, often through unquestioningflatteryandpraise.
16. Coup d’etat / (Blow of state); The sudden and illegal seizure of a government,usually instigated by a small group of the existing state establishment, to depose the established government and replace it with a new ruling body.
17. Refugee / A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
18. Diaspora / A scattered population with a common origin in a smaller geographic area.
19. Imperialism / A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.
20. Colonialism / The establishment, exploitation, maintenance, acquisition, and expansion ofcoloniesin one territory by people from another territory. It is a set of unequal relationships between the colonial power and the colony and often between the colonists and theindigenous population.
21. Mandate / An official order or commission to do something.
22. Hegemony / Leadershiporpredominantinfluenceexercisedbyonenationoverothers in a region or association such as a confederation.
23. Sanctions / Actions taken bycountriesagainst others for political reasons, eitherunilaterallyormultilaterally, to force compliance.
24. Theocracy / A form of government in which a deity is officially recognized as the civil ruler and is governed by officials regarded asdivinelyguided, or is pursuant to the doctrine of a particular religion or religious group.
25. Totalitarianism / Form of government in which thestateholds totalauthorityover the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life.