World Geography Chapter 3 Lesson 2
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World Geography Chapter 3 Lesson 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 sovereignty | a country's freedom and power to decide on policies and actions |
| unitary | a system of government in which one central government holds most of the political power |
| federal | some powers are given to the national government and other powers are reserved for the states |
| confederation | a system of government in which individual political units keep their sovereignty but give limited power to a central government |
| authoritarian | when the leaders held all, or nearly all, political power |
| dictatorship | a system of government in which absolute power is held by one person |
| totalitarianism | a system of government in which a central authority controls all aspects of society, suboordinating individual freedom to state interests |
| monarchy | a system of authoritarian government headed by a monarch- a king, queen, shah, or sultan- whose position is usually inherited |
| democracy | a system of government in which the people are invested with the power to choose their leaders and elected representatives, and determine government policy based on the will of the majority |
| capitalist | descriptive of an economic system in which the means of production are controlled by private individuals or corporations; also called a market economy in which people, as consumers, help determine what will be produced by buying or not buying certain products |
| communism | a system of government in which the government controls the means of the production, determining what goods will be made, how much workers will be paid, and how much items will cost |
| socialism | a system in which the government owns, manages, or controls the production, distribution, and exchange of goods in such basic industries as transportation, communications, and banking |
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