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| greek philosopher and scientist |
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| a system of government by one person with absolute power |
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| middle class; typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes |
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| an economic and political system in which a countries trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state |
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| production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by the government |
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| an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions |
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| a loose union of independent states |
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| an agreement about basic beliefs |
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| constitutional government |
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| a government in which a constitution has authority to place clearly recognized limits on the powers of those who govern |
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| a plan that provides the rules for government |
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| law that involves the interpretation and application of the US constitution and state constitutions |
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| government in which the people rule |
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| a nation that is only beginning to develop industrially |
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| rulers of the people were chosen by the gods to govern |
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| the study of human efforts to satisfy seemingly unlimited wants through the use of limited sources |
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| state evolved from the family group |
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| a government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments |
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| one person or group used force to establish it's authority to govern the people |
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| the opportunity to control one's own economic decisions |
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| economic system in which buyers and sellers make free choices in the market place |
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| the institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces binding decisions on citizens |
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| a nation with large industries and advanced technology that provides a more comfortable way of life then developing nations |
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| was one of the most important and influential philosophers ever. The French Enlightenment drew heavily on his ideas, as did the Founding Fathers of the American Revolution |
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| a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. |
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| a form of government with a monarch at the head. |
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| multinational corporation |
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| A corporation that has its facilities and other assets in at least one country other than its home country. |
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| a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory |
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| a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent. |
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| a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution |
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| an organised group of people with at least roughly similar political aims and opinions, that seeks to influence public policy by getting its candidates elected to public office |
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| the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area |
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| a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction |
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| workers or working-class people, regarded collectively |
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| a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. |
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| an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits |
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| the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live |
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| a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole |
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| supreme power or authority |
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| the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time |
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| a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god |
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| was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy |
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| relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state |
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| is a sovereign state governed as a single entity |
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