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| 1219474883 | state | a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government with the power to make and enforce laws without approval from any higher authority | 0 | |
| 1219474884 | sovereignty | the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries | 1 | |
| 1219474885 | nation | group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes, religion | 2 | |
| 1219474886 | nation-state | a country in which the territory of both the nation and the state coincide | 3 | |
| 1219474887 | consensus | an agreement about basic beliefs | 4 | |
| 1219474888 | government | the institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces binding decisions on citizens | 5 | |
| 1219474889 | social contract | 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 | 6 | |
| 1219474890 | unitary system | a government that gives all key powers to the national or central government | 7 | |
| 1219474891 | federal system | a government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments | 8 | |
| 1219474892 | confederacy | a loose union of independent states | 9 | |
| 1219474893 | constitution | a plan that provides the rules for government | 10 | |
| 1219474894 | constitutional government | a government in which a constitution has authority to place clearly recognized limits on the powers of those who govern | 11 | |
| 1219474895 | preamble | a statement in the constitution that sets forth the goals and purposes of government | 12 | |
| 1219474896 | constitutional law | law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitutions and state constitutions | 13 | |
| 1219474897 | politics | the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government | 14 | |
| 1219474898 | industrialized nations | a nation with large industries and advanced technology that provides a more comfortable way of life than developing nations | 15 | |
| 1219474899 | developing nations | a nation that is only beginning to develop industrially | 16 | |
| 1219474900 | autocracy | a system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual | 17 | |
| 1219474901 | monarchy | autocracy in which a king, queen, or emperor exercises supreme powers of government | 18 | |
| 1219474902 | oligarchy | a system of government in which a small group holds power | 19 | |
| 1219474903 | democracy | government in which the people rule | 20 | |
| 1219474904 | republic | a government in which voters hold sovereign power; elected representatives, responsible to the people, exercise that power | 21 | |
| 1219474905 | political party | a group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct government, and determine public policy | 22 | |
| 1219474906 | free enterprise | the opportunity to control one's own economic decisions | 23 | |
| 1219474907 | economics | the study of human efforts to satisfy seemingly unlimited wants through the use of limited resources | 24 | |
| 1219474908 | capitalism | an economic system providing free choice and individual incentive for workers, investors, consumers, and business enterprises | 25 | |
| 1219474909 | free market | economic system in which buyers and sellers make free choices in the marketplace | 26 | |
| 1219474910 | laissez-faire | The philosophy that government should keep its hand off the economy- French word meaning "to let alone" | 27 | |
| 1219474911 | socialism | an economic system in which the government owns the basic means of production, distributes the products and wages, and provides social services such as health care and welfare | 28 | |
| 1219474912 | proletariat | workers who produce the goods | 29 | |
| 1219474913 | bourgeoisie | capitalists who own the means of production | 30 | |
| 1219474914 | communism | an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions | 31 | |
| 1219474915 | command economy | an economic system in which the government controls the factors of production | 32 |
