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A system of government in which citizens exercise supreme power, acting either directly on their own or through elected representatives.

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Democracy

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A system of government in which a single ruler exercises supreme power based on heredity or divine right.

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Monarchy

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A system of government in which a single person or group exercise supreme power by controlling the military and police.

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Dictatorship

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An economic system that relies mainly on markets to determine what goods and services to produce and how to produce them.

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Market Economy

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An economic system in which decisions about what to produce and how are made on the basis of customs, beliefs, and tradition.

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Traditional Economy

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A democratic form of government in which citizens make public decisions directly, either in a popular assembly or through a popular vote.

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Direct Democracy

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A nation in which supreme power rests with the citizens and is exercised by their elected representatives.

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Republic

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A democracy form of government in which elected representatives make public decisions on behalf of the citizens.

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Representative Democracy

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A political system in which power is divided between a central government and smaller regional governments

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Feudalism

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A legislative assembly in which elected representatives debate and vote on proposed laws.

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Parliament

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A government led by a heredity ruler who claims unlimited powers.

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Absolute Monarchies

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A tyrant or ruler with absolute powers.

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Despot

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A system of government in which the powers of a monarch are limited by a constitution, either written or unwritten.

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Constitutional Monarchy

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A democratic government based on a written constitution.

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Constitutional Democracy

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A system of government in which the state exercises broad control over the lives of its citizens.

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Authoritarian Regime

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An extreme form of authoritarian ruler in which the sate seeks to control every aspect of its citizens’ lives.

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Totalitarianism

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A system of government in which a single political party controls both the government and the economy; also, the theories developed by Karl Marx regarding the development of an ideal classless society.

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Communism

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A totalitarian system in which businesses remain in private hands but under government control.

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Fascism

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A form of totalitarianism and type of fascism, based in part on the myth of racial superiority; developed in Germany before World War II.

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Nazism

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The sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of military officers or political leaders; from a French term meaning “blow to the state”.

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Coup d’etat

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A government headed by religious leaders.

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Theocracy

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A nation-state in which only one political party is allowed to rule under the constitution.

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Single-Party State

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A small group of people within a larger group who have more power, wealth, or talent than the others

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Elite

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A form of direct democracy in which citizens vote to approve or reject laws passed by a legislature.

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Referendum Process

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A form of direct democracy in which citizens propose laws and submit them directly to the voters for approval.

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Initiative Process

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A political system in which voters elect lawmakers to represent them in the nation’s parliament; the elected lawmakers choose a prime minister to head the executive branch.

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Parliamentary Democracy

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The chief executive in a parliamentary democracy.

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Prime Minister

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A executive branch department, often in a parliamentary system.

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Ministry

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A majority vote in parliament showing disapproval of a prime minister’s performance; such a vote prompts new elections and a change of leadership.

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Vote of No Confidence

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A political system in which voters chose a president to lead the government as head of the executive branch

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President Democracy

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A political system in which the constitution concentrates power in the national, or central government.

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Unitary System of Government

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A type of government in which power is shared between the national government and smaller regional governments within the nation.

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Federal System of Government

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A political system in which independent states form a nation but retain their power under a weak central government.

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Con-federal System of Government

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A world or regional organization that is not tied to any one country.

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Supranational Organization

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A way of organizing the production and consumption of goods and services.

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Economic System

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The basic resources required to produce goods and services: land, labor, and capital.

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Factors of Production

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Any place or situation in which people buy or sell goods and services.

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Market

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An economic system that relies on the profit motive, economic competition, and the forces of supply and demand to direct the production and distribution of goods and services; also known as capitalism.

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Free Enterprise System

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An economic system in which individual investors, or capitalists, privately own the means of production; also known as a free enterprise system.

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Capitalism

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An economic system that relies mainly on the central government to determine what goods and services to produce and how to produce them.

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Command Economy

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An economic system that calls for public ownership of the means of production.

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Socialism

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An economic system that combines market forces with elements of a command economy.

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Mixed Economies

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