| A | B |
|---|
| Sovereignty | Country's power to decide on policies and actions |
| unitary | system in which central government holds most or all political power |
| Federal | System where smaller units and the central government share power |
| Confederation | System where states have more power than the cental government |
| Authoritatian | Government where one person or a small group holds all political power |
| dictatorship | Most common form of authoritarian government-one person has all power |
| totalitarianism | Extreme form of dictatorship where leader controls all aspects of people's lives |
| monarchy | Government headed by a person who inherited their position by birth |
| democracy | A government in which people choose their leaders |
| Capitalism | Economic system where consumers make all economic decisions |
| Communism | Economic system in which government makes all economic decisions |
| Socialism | System in which government controls the basic industries, but consumers also make some economic decisions. |
| Province | One of the principal administrative divisions in certain countries |
| Economy | A community's system of using its resources to produce wealth |
| Welfare | The well-being of a person or community |
| Industry | Manufacturing or production of goods. |
