| A | B |
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| Sovereignty | Freedom from outside control. |
| Federal | Relating to a union of states that recognize a single central government but retain certain powers for themselves. |
| Democracy | A system of government in which the people are intrusted with the power to choose their leaders & elected representatives, & determine government policy based on the will of the majority. |
| Death Rate | the number of deaths each year per 1,000 people. |
| Emigrant | A person who leaves the country to live elsewhere. |
| Rural | Of, or characteristic of, the countryside. |
| Acculturation | The process of accepting, borrowing, & exhanging traits between cultures. |
| Demography | The study of human populations, including their size. growth, density, distribution, & rates of births, marriages, & deaths. |
| Population Density | The average number of people living in a given area. |
| Communism | A system of government in which the government controls the means of production, determining what goods will be made, how much workers will be paid, & how much items will cost. |
| Totalitarianism | A system of government in which a central authority controls all aspects of society, subordination individual freedom to state interests. |
| Authoritarian | Descriptive of a system of government in which 1 person, perhaps a dictator, holds all political power. |
