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11 Cards in this Set
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Nationalism |
Fervant belief and loyalty given to the political unit of the nation-state |
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Primogeniture |
The legal princple that the oldest son inherits all family property or land |
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Joint-stock companies |
An enconomic arrangement by which a number of investors pool their capital for investment |
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Charter |
A legal documeny granted by the government to some group or agency to implement a stated purpose and spelling out the attending rights and obligations |
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Census |
A official count of population |
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Feudal |
Concering the hierarchial, decentralized medival social system of personal obligation between rulers and ruled |
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Indentured servant |
A poor person obligated to a fixed term of unpaid labor often in exchange for a benefit such as transportation, protection or training |
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Toleration |
Religious freedon granted by an established church to a religious minority |
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Squatter |
A frontier farmer who illegally occupied land owned by others or land not yet officially opened for settlement |
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Buffer |
A small territory or state between two larger, antagonistic powers, established to minimize the possibility of conflict between them |
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Melting Pot |
An ethnically diverse population that is persumed to be "melting" toward some commin homogeneous national identity |
