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babylion700 on January 16, 2011
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32 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Politics/Government | The form or system of rule by which a state, community,etc. is govern |
| Monarchy | Ruled by a king of queen. It is passed down my generation, and is lifetime. |
| Hereditary | A type of monarch power. Absolute power over all aspects of government |
| Constitutional | A type of monarch power limited by a parliament |
| Theocracy | Religious leaders that have supreme authority . |
| Olgiarchy | Power in the hands of a few people. Generally show no concern for the people |
| Dictatorship | Single, powerfule rule. No regard for welfare of people and supported by the military. |
| Democracy | Goverment by the people; form of goverment in which the supreme power is vested in the poeple and excercised directly by them or their elected agents under a free electoral system. |
| Indirect | A type of democracy in which political process that the people control the government through elected political officials (senators and representatives) |
| Direct | A type of democracy in which citizens make policy and law decisions in person, without going through representatives and legislatures.(ex town meeting) |
| Religion | A specific fundamental belief and practices generally agreed upon by persons or sects |
| Monotheism | A belief system in which there is only one god who is supreme over the universe and all beings. |
| Polytheism | A belief system in which there are many gods that rule and control the happenings of the universe |
| Animism | The belief that natural objects have souls that may exist apart from their material bodies |
| Atheism | The belief that god does not exist |
| Traditional(M) | Type of military that used pre-gun welfare. Weapons are primitive such as swords and spears. Close combat |
| Convential | Type of military that uses modern warfare without the use of nuclear weapons such as guns, missles, grenades, use of technolgy. |
| Nuclear,biological, chemical | Type of military that uses weapons to wage war and terror |
| Terrorism | Striking at civilians, as well as military targets. Can be fought by as few as a single person. Designed to cause panic in some cases, mass destruction in others. |
| Economy | The management of the resoures, country, etc. especially with view to it productivity. |
| Traditional(E) | A type of economy where each person or family only produces enough for their own needs. |
| Market | A type of economy where individuals choose what goods and services are made and consumed. Individuals use money to exhange good and services. |
| Command | A type of economy where the government chooses what goods and services are sold and consumed. Goverment overlooks all products/buisnesses. |
| Mixed | A type of economy that has a combination of two or more systems of traditional, market, and command economy. |
| Education | the act of process of imparting or aquiring particular knowledge or skills |
| Oral | Taking the advice of others, learning through speech |
| Observation | A type of education where a person learns by looking, listening. ( Riding a bike, swimming, etc.) |
| Formal | A type of education where a person reads and writes at school. Structured learning. |
| Utilitarian Art | Art created expressly to serve some function for a culture- intruct/indoctrinate. |
| Art for Art's Sake | Art for pure enjoyment |
| Stratified | A social structure with mulitple levels within society |
| Egalitarian | Everyone is equal |
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