| A | B |
|---|
| state | political community w/ a defined territory & complete power to make/enforce laws |
| sovereignty | supreme/absolute authority to rule within a territory |
| nation | group of people united by race, language, custom, & tradition |
| nation-state | country where the territory of a nation & state coincide |
| consensus | an agreement about basic beliefs |
| government | way a state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces binding decisions on all residents |
| social contract | people surrender to the rules of gov't, the gov't agrees to protect its people |
| autocracy | power to rule is in the hands of a single individual |
| monarchy | type of autocracy; king/queen/emperor exercises supreme powers of gov't |
| oligarchy | system of gov't where a small group holds power |
| democracy | government where the people rule |
| republic | system of gov't where voters elect representatives to run the gov't |
| political party | group of people w/ broad common interests who organize to control gov't and public policy |
| free enterprise | the opportunity to control one's own economic decisions |
