Chapter 23 Vocab
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11 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 parliamentary government | a government in which an elected elected assembly has both legislative and executive powers |
| command economy | an economic system in which the government owns all means of production: land, buildings, factories, and machinery |
| Duma | the lower house of the Federal Assembly in Russia's government |
| theocratic republic | a government that has a constitution based on a strict interpretation of religion |
| junta | a dictatorship that is run by a single person or by a small group that consists of military of officers |
| martial law | military law |
| ethnic groups | tribal groups |
| terrorism | a political strategy that uses violence against people or property to achieve a goal |
| weapons of mass destruction | chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons that can kill large numbers of people |
| civil war | war in which groups within a nation battle for power |
| nuclear proliferation | the spread of nuclear weapons to nations that do not have nuclear capabilities |
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