VICTORIA OZUNA - Unit 5 Vocabulary Flashcards
Communism
a system of government in which the government controls the ways of producing and distributing goods
Czar
Russian for Caesar, or powerful ruler
Empire
a political unit where large numbers of people of different ethnicities living in different areas are controlled by one ruler
Ethnicity
an ethnic group; a social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like
Factors of production
conditions needed to create goods and services in an economy generally land, labor, and capital (mony)
Federation
union of self-governing states
Genocide
mass murder of vast numbers of an ethnic or cultural group
Lichen
a plantlike organism that consists of algae and fungus
Limited Government
in a limited government, everyone including the people who make the rules, or laws, must obey them.
Permafrost
a layer of permanently frozen ground that lies beneath the surface soil and rocks
Republic
form of government in which people elect representatives to legislate
Separatist
an individual who wants to break away from control by a dominant group
Serf
farm laborers who could be bought and sold along with the land
Socialist
someone who supports socialism, or the idea that society as a whole, instead of private companies should own or control goods and services
Taiga
a zone of coniferous forest
Tundra
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America
Unlimited Government
in a unlimited government the Unlimited Government has no limits. usually no constitution or laws limiting the governments power
Upland
an area of land at a high elevation
