Government- Chapter 1

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state	political community that has a definite territory and organized government
sovereignty	supreme and absolute athority within givin boundaries
nation	group of people united by race, language, custom, tradition and religion
nation state	country in which both the territory of the nation and state concide
consensus	agreement about basic beliefs
government	institution where the state maintains order, provides services, and enforces binding decisions on citizens
social contract	theroy that people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and the state agrees to protect citizens
autocracy	systrm of government where one person has all the authority and power to rule
monarchy	system of government where one person has great power; thrown is inherited and person heads the state
oligarchy	system of government where a small group holds power
democracy	system of government where rule is by the people, either directly or through representatives
republic	head of state is not a king or queen and voters elect representatives to run government
political party	group of people with broad common interests who nominate candidates for office and conduct government
free enterprise	freedom of private business to operate with minimal regulation
economics	study of how limited resources are used to satisfy unlimited wants
capitalism	system in which freedom of choice is emphasized
free market	no limits on buyers and sellers in making decisions
laissez-faire	the concept of the government staying away from the economy
socialism	system where the government owns the means of productiond
proletariat	industrial working class
bourgeoise	the class that owns means of production
communism	idea that only working class exists
command economy	government decides what to produce and how much

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