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45 Cards in this Set
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a political community that occupies a definate territory and has an organized government with the power to make and enfore laws without approval from any higher authority
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state
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group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes religion
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nation
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a country in which the territory of both the nation and the state coincide
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nation-state
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an agreement about basic beliefs
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consensus
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the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries
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sovereignty
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the institution through which the state maintains socail order, provides public services, and enforces binding decisions on citizens
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government
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theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens
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social contract
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a government that gives all key powers to the national or central government
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unitary system
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a government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial govenments
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federal system
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a loose union of independant states
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confederacy
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a plan that provides the rules for government
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constitution
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a government in which a constitution has authority to place cleary recognized limits on the powers of those who govern
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constitutional government
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a statement in a constitution that sets forth the goals and purposes of government
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preamble
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law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. constitution
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constitutional law
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the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government
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politics
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a nation with large industries and advanced technology that provides a more comfortable way of life than developing nations
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industrialized nation
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a nation only beginning to develop industrially
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developing nation
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a system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual
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autocracy
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autocracy in which a king, queen, or emperor exercises supreme powers of government
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monarchy
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a system of government in which a small group holds powers
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oligarchy
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government in which the people rule
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democracy
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a government in which voters hold soveign power
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republic
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a group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct government, and determine public policy
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political party
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the opportunity to control one's own economic decisions
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free enterprise
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the study of human efforts to satisfy seemingly unlimited wants through the use of limited resources
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economics
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an economic system providing free choice and individual incentive for workers, investors, consumers, and business enterprises
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capitalism
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economic system in which buyers and sellers make free choices in the marketplace
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free market
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the philosophy that government should keep its hands off the economy
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laissez-faire
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an economic system in which the government owns the basic means of production and wages, and provides social services
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socialism
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capitalists who own the means of production
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bourgeoisie
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workers who produce the goods
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proletariat
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pean economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions
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communism
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an economic system in which the government controls the factors of production
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command economy
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a system in which the power of the government is limited, not absolute
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limited government
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a system of government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct governments
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representative government
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the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
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separation of powers
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the money a government collects from taxes or other sources
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revenue
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an agreement prohibiting trade
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embargo
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to approve
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ratify
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a single-chamber legislature
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unicameral
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to yeild
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cede
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a law
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ordinance
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trade among the states
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interstate commerce
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not sanctioned by law
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extralegal
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political disorder
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anarchy
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