| A | B |
| government | institution in which a society makes and enforces public policies |
| state | people living in a territory, organized politically under a government |
| public policies | all those things a government decides to do |
| democracy | supreme political authority rests with the people |
| homogeneous | people who are alike |
| sovereignty | supreme and absolute power within its own territory |
| compromise | give and take |
| heterogeneous | people made up of different races, religions, and customs |
| unitary government | all power belong to a central government |
| anarchy | the total absence of a government |