| A | B |
| traditional economy | economic system in which custom, tradition, and time-honored methods are followed by children as they learn the same trade as their parents |
| manorialism | medeival economic system linking nobles and peasants on their land |
| capitalism | an economic system characterized by private ownership |
| imperialism | political and economic control of one area or country by another |
| communism | government agencies running all aspects of production and planning in the economy |
| democracy | a system of government in which citizens of a society participate in the decisions of government by voting |
| feudalism | a political, social, and economic system which had a rigid class structure -land was exchanged for military service |
| divine right | all political power comes from God |
| absolutism | total control by a monarch or king over his subjects - Louis XVI |
| totalitarianism | government controls all aspects of life - education, ideas, the economu, music, art, |