Define Term
Essential Characteristics
Spread of ideas, technology,
religion, language and other
cultural practices over time
and across space.
Sentence
Movement
Ideas
Technology
Language
Religion
Illustration
Buddhism, which originated
to India and spread to China
would represent cultural
diffusion.
Cultural Diffusion
Define Term
Essential Characteristics
An official change to a law,
document, or constitution of
government.
Sentence
Alteration
Change
Statute
Constitution
Illustration
A lack of voting rights for soldiers
resulted in the 26th Amendment to
the Constitution reducing the age
of voting from twenty-one to
eighteen.
Amendment
Define Term
Essential Characteristics
Type of government where,
through law, some control is
placed on leadership’s power
such as a democracy.
1. Powers of Government spelled
out in constitution
2. Limits on government powers
spelled out.
3. Individual and group Liberty
spelled out in constitution
Sentence
Illustration
Limited government is
essential to a free society.
Limited Government
Define Term
Essential Characteristics
First representative
government group in the
American colonies.
1. Met at first only once a year.
2. Could make laws, which could
be vetoed by the governor.
3. Parliament restricting the
powers of the House of
Burgesses after Virginia
became a royal colony.
Sentence
Illustration
The Virginia House of Burgesses
is a symbol of representative
government in America.
Virginia House of
Burgesses