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CMS6-Unit 5 Vocabula
CMS6-Unit 5 Vocabulary Review #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Autocracy | A system in which all of the power is held by one person. In this system of government, the ruler has absolute or unlimited power. (CG1b) |
| Confederation | A group of states or nations that retain most power while granting limited authority to a central government. (CG1a) |
| Cuban Revolution | A revolution in Cuba that lasted from 1956 to 1959. It was led by Fidel Castro against the dictatorship that, at that time, controlled the small island country. (H3a) |
| Democracy | A system of government in which a nation’s citizens vote for their leaders.(CG1b) |
| Dictatorship | A system in which the government is controlled by a single person, known as a dictator. The Republic of Cuba is a dictatorship. (CG2a) |
| Embargo | An official ban, usually on trade with another country. Sometimes the ban is on specific goods. (E2b) |
| Federal-republican system | A system under which individual states have a republican system of government, while there is a central government known as a federation. The federation is given limited power. Brazil and Mexico are both examples. (CG2a) |
| Federal system | A system in which individual states share authority with a central government. Examples include Germany and the United States. (CG1a) |
| Human capital | The human knowledge, creativity, and habits that contribute to an economy. (E3a) |
| Mixed economy | An economy that is part market economy and part command economy. Most countries have this type of economy. (E1b,c) |
| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | A trade agreement between Canada, the United States, and Mexico that eliminated most tariffs and trade restrictions on goods and services traded among those countries. (E2c) |
| Oligarchy | A system in which a small and powerful group controls the government. (CG4b) |
| Parliamentary system of government | A democratic form of government in which voters choose representatives to a governing body called a parliament. (CG4c, CG1c) |
| Presidential system of government | A republican form of government in which voters choose a president to lead the executive branch of a government, which is separate from other branches. (G4c, CG1c) |
| Quota | A limit set on the production of a product. These can be set by governments or industry groups, such as OPEC. The purpose is usually to prevent the price of a product from dropping too steeply and therefore hurting the economy. (E2b) |
| Tariff | A tax or duty that must be paid on a specific import or export. These are often used by governments to limit imports from other countries. (E2b) |
| Unitary system of government | A system in which an entire country is ruled by a single government. Power is not shared between the central government and smaller states the way that it is in a federal system. (CG1a) |
| Zapatista Guerrilla Movement | A political and military group based in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico. Its purpose was to protect rural Mexican indigenous people from economic policies that would negatively impact them. (H3b) |
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