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| A major change, such as the overthrow of one kind of government in favour of a different kind of government. |
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| A form of government in which the citizens, not a monarch or a dictator, hold the power to govern. In republics such as the US and Germany, citizens elect their government. |
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| An awareness, or internal consciousness, shared by many people. It may be based on a shared memory of and pride in specific events, which become myths and symbols of belonging. |
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| The name given to a group of middle-class people in France before the French Revolution. The bourgeoisie included lawyers, teachers, doctors, merchants, and manufacturers. |
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| Conditions, such as war and poverty, that drive people away from a place. |
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| Conditions, such as equal rights and job opportunities that attract people to a place. |
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