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58 Cards in this Set
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Allegiance |
Loyalty to a country, group or cause |
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Allocation |
To divide and give out something for a special reason, or to particular companies etc. |
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Anarchy |
absence of government
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Appelate |
Having the power to review and change decisions of a lower court |
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Bill of Rights |
Document containing a formal statement of rights, first 10 amendments of the Constitution |
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Bipartisan |
relating or involving members of two political parties |
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Partisan |
Firm adherent to a party, fraction cause or person |
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Bureaucracy |
Administration of government chiefly through bureaus of departments staffed with non elected officials.
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Capitilasm |
Way of organizing an economy so the people own things instead of the government. |
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Constitution |
System of belief and laws by which a country, state or organization is governed; document that describes this system |
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Cultural Diffusion |
Process by which people adapt the practices of their neighbors |
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Democracy |
government ruled by the people |
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Disenfracnchised |
Prevent a person, group of people or organization from having the right to vote |
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Embargo |
The banning of trade with one country |
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Eminent Domain |
right of a government to take private property for public use |
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Fiscal |
of or pertaining to the public treasury of revenues |
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Incumbent |
holding an indicated position role or office |
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Indigineous |
originating in and characteristics of a particular region or country; indigenous |
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Interest Group |
group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern |
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Justice |
fair behavior or treatment |
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Fundamentalism |
Movement in american Protestantism that arose in the early 20th century in reaction to modernism and that stresses the infallibility of the bible not only matters of faith and also as a literal historical figure. |
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Laissez Faire |
Policy or attitude of letting things take their own course without interfering |
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Lobbying |
Act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government |
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Mobolize |
Assemble and make ready for war |
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Monotheism |
Doctrine or belief that there is but one god |
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Polytheism |
Doctrine or belief that there is many gods |
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Referendum |
event in which people of a country, state etc. vote for or against a law that deals with specific issues |
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Nationalism |
Feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries |
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Precedent |
An earlier occurrence of something familiar |
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Ratify |
To approve and sanction formally |
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Propaganda |
Spreading of ideas, facts, or allegations to deliberately further ones cause to damage an opposing cause |
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Repunlic |
Country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader rather than by a king or queen |
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Theocracy |
god is recognized as the Supreme Civil ruler |
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Unalienable |
Not to be separated, given away or taken away |
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Amensty |
Act of an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
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Militirizm |
Policy of aggressive military preparedness |
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Articles of Confederation |
Was a first attempt of self government in the U.S. but was very weak |
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Cartel |
Group of businesses that agree to fix prices so they will all make more money |
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Consenseus |
Majority of opinion, generally agreement about something, an idea, or opinion that is shaped by all the people in a group. |
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Scarcity |
very small supply; state if being scarce |
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Electoral College |
Body of electors chosen by the representatives in each state to elect the president and vice president of the U.S. |
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Amendment |
act or process of changing the words or meaning of a law or document. Act or process of amending |
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Demographics |
Popular statistics, changes, and trends based on various measures of fertility, mortality and migration that occurs in large groups of people over a period of time |
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Federalism |
Division of powers between national, state and local governments |
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Government |
Political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of a community |
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Liberal |
Open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values. |
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Inflation |
Persistent, substanal rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money |
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Market Economy |
An economic system in which prices are based on competition among private businesses and not controlled by the government |
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Philosophy |
Study of ideas about knowledge, truth, nature and the meaning of life |
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Self-government |
Government under control and direction of the inhabitants of a political unit rather than by an outside authority |
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Affirmative action |
Active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities if members of minority groups and women |
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Balance of powers |
Equilibrium of powers sufficient to discourage or prevent one nation or party from imposing its will on or inheriting with the interests of another |
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Due Process |
regular admission of the law according to which no citizen may be denied his/her legal rights and all laws must confirm to fundamentalism. |
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Judicial review |
Power if a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of government official |
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Monotary policy |
Process by which a country controls supply of money |
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Capital |
Wealth, especially in the form of financial physical assistants
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Factors of production |
A collection of various resources which contribute to producing of goods or services |
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Limited government |
Political system in which power is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers. |
