| A | B |
|---|
| authoritarian government | Leaders hold most political power. |
| democracy | People choose their leaders. |
| monarchy | authoritarian in which leaders inherit their power. |
| constitutional monarchy | Monarch plays a symbolic role, but no role in politics. |
| dictatorship | Rulers gain power by military force. |
| unitary system | A central gov't. makes laws for the entire nation. |
| totalitarianism | Rulers control every aspect of society and people's lives. |
| federal system | Power is shared by a national gov't. and smaller political units. |
| confederation | Smaller political units hold nearly all power. |
| capitalism | Economic system in which a free market prevails. |
| socialism | Economic system in which free market and gov't. jointly make decisions. |
| communism | Government makes all economic decisions. |
| demography | Study of human populations |
| death rate | number of deaths per 1,000 people |
| sovereignty | freedom from outside control |
| urbanization | growth of city populations |
| diffusion | process by which cultural traits spread. |
| acculturation | process of adapting traits from other cultures |
| culture hearth | Area where cultural ideas begin and from which they spread |
| population density | Average number of people per square mile |
| immigrant | Person who moves into a country |
| emigrant | Person who moves out of a country |
| birthrate | # of live births each year per 1,000 people |
