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16 Cards in this Set
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Natural Rights
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Rights that you are born with that are Universal and Inalienable
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Social Contract
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An agreement among the members of society to cooperate
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State of Nature
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the condition where if not governed people would go crazy
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Declaration of Independence
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The document of the US declaring independence from England
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Limited Government
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A government whose intervention is restricted by law
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Unlimited Government
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A government whose intervention is not restricted by law and can do whatever is pleased
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Direct Democracy
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A form of democracy where people vote directly on government matters
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Representative Democracy
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A form of democracy where people vote for representatives who then votes on government matters.
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Autocracy
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A system of government by one person with absolute power
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Oligarchy
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When a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution
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Democracy
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A form of government where all citizens have an equal say in government decisions
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Capitalism
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An economic system based on private ownership of capital goods
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Socialism
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An economic system where means of production is put towards making what is needed rather than for private profit
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Communism
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A form of classless, moneyless, stateless government with common ownership as the means of production
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Free Market
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Distribution and cost of services are determined by supply and demand, and companies
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Unitary Government
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A state governed as a single unit with the central government reigning supreme.
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