| A | B |
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| Sovereignty | A government makes and enforces laws without approval from any other authority. |
| 4 purposes of government | Maintain order, Provide public services, Provide national security, Provide for the economy. |
| Social order | The government controls and contains conflict between people by placing limits on what individuals are permitted to do. |
| Public Services | They make community life possible and promotes the general welfare. |
| Providing national security | The government protects against attacks, builds diplomatic relations, and sign trade agreements. |
| Unitary government system | Type of government that gives all key powers to the central government. |
| Federal government system | This type of government divides the powers of the government between the national and lower levels. |
| Purposes of constitutions | It sets out ideals that the people believe in and share, it establishes the basic structure of government and their duties, It is the supreme law of the country. |
| Autocracy | The type of government in which one person has all the authority and power to rule. |
| Dictator | Type of autocracy. |
| Oligarchy | It is the type of government in which a small group holds power. |
| Direct democracy | Type of government in which all citizens cast a vote on government issues and laws. |
| Representative democracy | The type of government in which the people elect delegates and give them the responsibility to make laws and conduct government. |
| Republic | The head of state is elected by the voters. |
| Economic classifications by political systems | Capitalism, Socialism, Communism |
| Capitalism | The economic system in which freedom of choice and individual incentive for workers, investors, consumers, and business enterprises are emphasized. |
| The government allows individuals to choose what to produce. | Capitalism |
| Socialism | The economic system in which the government owns the basic means of production, determines the use of resources, distributes the products and wages, and provides social services such as education, health care, and welfare. |
| Communism | The economic system in which the government decides how much to produce, what to produce, and how to distribute the goods and services produced. |
| The economic system also called a command economy, because the decisions are made by the government and handed down. | Communism |
