| A | B |
|---|
| sovereignty | a country's freedom and power to decide on politics and actions |
| unitary | a system of government holds most of the political power |
| federal | relating to a union of states that recodnize a single central government but retain certain powers for themselves |
| confederation | a system of government in which individual political units keep their sovereignty but give limited power to a centeral government |
| authoritarian | descriptive of a system of government in which one person, perhaps a dictator, holds all political power |
| dictatorship | asytem of government in which absolute power is held by one person |
| totalitarianism | a system of government in which a central authority controls all aspects of society, subordinating individual freedom to state intrests |
| monarchy | a system of authoritarian government headed by a monarch(king, queen, shah, or sultan) whose position is usually inherited |
| democracy | a system of government in which the power is invested in the people to choose their leaders and representatives, and determine government policy based on the will of the majority |
| capitalist | descriptive of an economic system in which the means of production are controlled by private individuals or corporations, also called a market economy in which people, as consumers, help determine what will be produced by buying or not buying certain products |
| 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, and how much items will cost |
| socialism | A system in which the government owns, manages or controls the production, distribution, and exchange of goods in such basic industries as transportation, communications, and banking |
