Era 3 & 4 Vocabulary

To absorb and incorporate an ethnically distinct group into the dominant culture of an area

• assimilate

• circumnavigate

• excommunicate

• reconsolidate

A set of principles or tenets which together form the basis of a religion, philosophy, or moral code

• Worldview

• Belief System

• Perspective

• Morals

A type of government in which decisions are made by one executive power

• Fragmented Government

• Totalitarian Governmnet

• Centralized Government

• Theocratic Government

A large and significant town, usually locally governed commercial and population center

• town

• village

• borough

• city

The sum of language, customs, beliefs, and art considered characteristic of a particular group of people

• culture

• identity

• beliefs

• morals

a scattering of any people with a common culture

• migration

• diaspora

• immigration

• exodus

A belief or system of beliefs held and prompted by a religious, governmental, academic, or other group

• philosophy

• moral code

• doctrine

• ideology

A succession, lasting several generation s, or rulers the same family or group

• empire

• monarchy

• theocracy

• dynasty

Territory controlled by a central government, with one supreme ruler, who governs a diverse population

• empire

• country

• state

• nation

The direction and control exercised politically over people living in a community, state, or nation

• anarchy

• government

• autocracy

• authority