Chapter 2 Key Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 nomads | hunting people; traveled from place to place to find food |
| civilization | high organized group of people with their own language and ways of living |
| archaeologists | scientists who study the objects left by early people |
| artisans | skilled craftworkers |
| capital | money that can be invested in business ventures for the purpose of making a profit |
| entrepreneurs | people who risked their money to set up a business in order to make a profit, financed these inventions |
| urbanization | growth of cities |
| imperialism | the control by one country of the political economic, or cultural life of another country or region |
| westernization | adoption of western culture |
| nationalism | pride in and loyalty to one's country |
| cash crops | could be sold on the world market |
| modernization | set up stable governments and produce a high level of goods and services |
| tariff | tax on imported goods |
| privatization | selling state-owned industries to private investigators |
| literacy | the ability to read and write |
| population density | average number of people living in an area of a specific size |
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