Geography (Unit III)

-Cultural diversity: The quality of diverse or different cultures.
-Executive: One of three branches of the state with responsibility for executing laws, setting state policy and managing public affairs.
-Globalisation: The integration and development of a worlwide economic system.
-Homogenisation: The act of making something uniform in composition
-Mass culture: A worldwide culture characterised by similar patterns of consumption.
-Sovereignty: The authority to rule over and area. In a democracy, the people have sovereignty because they vote for the government.
-State: The supreme public power within a sovereign political entity.
-Supranational: Beyond the authority of one national government.
-UN:  A supranational organisation composed of over 190 member states. It was founded in 1945 to promote peace, security and economic development.
-Universal suffrage: A system of democratic elections whereby all citizens of voting age can participate regardless of their gender or economic situation.