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12 Cards in this Set
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A country's freedom & power to deude on polices & actions
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Sovereignty
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A system of government holds most of the political power
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Unitary System
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A government structure in which some powers are given to the national government & other powers are reserved for more local governments
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Federation
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System of government in which individual political units keep their sovereignty but give limitted power to a central government
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Confederation
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Descriptive of a system of government in which the leaders hold all political power
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Authoritarian
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A system of government in which absolute power is held by a small group or one person
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Dictatorship
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A system of government in which a central authority controls all aspects of society
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Totalitarianism
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A system of authoritarian government headed by a monarch- a king, queen, shah, or sultan- whose position is usually inherited
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Monarchy
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A system of government in which the people are invested with the power to choose their leaders & determine government policy
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Democracy
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An economic system in which families produce goods& services for their own use, with little surplus & exchange of goods
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Traditional economy
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An economic system in which decisions about production, price & other economic factors & determined by the law of supply & demand
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Market economy
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An economic system that is controlled by a single central government
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Command economy
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