Social Sciences
20 Social Sciences, international exploration terms
- climate change
- noun
- Climate change is a long-term shift in global or regional climate patterns.
- fr: changement climatique
- country
- noun
- The territory of a nation.
- fr: pays
- democraty
- noun
- A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
- fr: démocratie
- earth
- noun
- The planet third in order of distance from the sun, between Venus and Mars; the world on which we live
- fr: planète terre
- economy
- noun
- The wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.
- fr: économie
- election
- noun
- An election is a process in which people vote to choose a person or group of people to hold an official position.
- fr: élection
- environment
- noun
- The aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
- fr: environnement
- government
- noun
- The body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a political unit or organization
- fr: gouvernement
- history
- noun
- The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
- fr: histoire
- Human
- adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of people or human beings.
- fr: humain
- language
- noun
- A system of conventional spoken, manual (signed), or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group and participants in its culture, express themselves.
- fr: langue
- literature
- noun
- Writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
- fr: littérature
- methodology
- noun
- A set of methods used in a particular area of study or activity
- fr: méthodologie
- morality
- noun
- A set of personal or social standards for good or bad behaviour and character
- fr: moralité
- philosopher
- noun
- A person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment
- fr: Philosophie
- poetry
- noun
- Literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.
- fr: poésie
- revolution
- noun
- A change in the way a country is governed, usually to a different political system and often using violence or war
- fr: révolution
- sociology
- noun
- The study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.
- fr: sociologie
- sovereignty
- noun
- The quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
- fr: souveraineté
- war
- noun
- A conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- fr: guerre