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10487531751administrationa team of executive branch officials0
10487532507AuthoritarianismA political system in which a small group of individuals exercises power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public.1
10487533434Balance of Poweran equilibrium of power sufficient to discourage or prevent one nation or party from imposing its will on or interfering with the interests of another2
10487535107Bureaucracya system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.3
10487538328CentralizationDegree to which decision-making authority is restricted to higher levels of management in an organization.4
10487539453Cityan inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village5
10487540143city-stateA sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland.6
10487540800Consolidationunification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen7
10487542341Coup d'etatA sudden overthrow of the government by a small group8
10487542342DecentralizationDegree to which decision-making authority is given to lower levels in an organization's hierarchy.9
10487543477DiplomacyThe practice of conducting negotiations between countries10
10487544362EmpireA group of states or territories controlled by one ruler11
10487544899Eunucha man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction12
10487545738Imperialrelating to an empire13
10487546695InfrastructureFundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools14
10487548488institutiona long-lasting pattern of organization in a community15
10487551466juntaa military group ruling a country after seizing power16
10487553478Mobilizationthe process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war17
10487554026MonarchyA government ruled by a king or queen18
10487554677RegionAn area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.19
10487554678Revolutiona forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.20
10487555603SecessionFormal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation21
10487556787StateAn area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs.22
10487557460Suffragethe right to vote23
10487557462TheocracyA government controlled by religious leaders24
10487559525TransregionalThe exchange of goods, services, culture, and traditions across political or geographic boundaries25
10487560010TributeMoney paid for protection26

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