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Five Themes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dictatorship | form of government where a single person has unlimited power and uses force to take and/ or keep power. |
| monarch | a ruler such as a king or queen who inherits the position. |
| absolute monarchy | a form of government with a monarch who has complete political power. |
| hereditary succession | someone in the family of the ruler takes over when he or she dies or gives up power. |
| constitutional monarchy | a form of government where a constitution limits the monarch's power and guarantees citizens some rights |
| theocracy | a form of government in which a country is ruled by a religious leader, laws of the nation and religion are intertwined |
| presidential system | a form of democracy where citiznes elect both a legislature and an executive |
| parliamentary system | a form of democracy where citizens elect a legislature and the executive is then selected by the legislature |
| democracy | rule by the people or a government which many people are able to participate and is based on the idea of majority rule |
| autocracy | a form of government where one person has unlimited power "self or one rule" |
| oligarchy | rule by a small group or a few. "few rule" |
| representative democracy | form of governemnt citizens elect officials to make laws and decisions for them |
| direct democracy | form of government where citizens are involved in all law making and day to day activities |
| federalism | power is divided and shared between the national and state governments |
| sovereignty | the highest level of power |
| republic | government where people hold the power and elect leaders to make laws and decisions for them |
| nation or state | a political unit such as a country with defined borders, population, sovereignty, and a government |
| government | a system that makes laws, protects it's citizens, provides services, and protects their territory |
| economic system | a system for producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services |
| entrepreneur | one who takes risks, makes decisions, and organizes other productive resources to earn a profit |
| labor (human) resources | abilities, talents, training, skills, and knowledge of people used in production of goods and services |
| consumer | a person ,company, or business that uses goods or services |
| goods | objects of value acquired and used by the consumer |
| services | actions or activities an individual, company, or business provides for someone else |
| producer | a person, company, business that uses goods or services |
| capital resources | equipment or goods: machinery, tools, factories, stores, vehicles that are used to produce other goods and services |
| command economy | an economic system in which the three main economic questions are answered by the government |
| circular flow model | the pattern in which goods and services and resources flow in the market place |
| mixed economy | an economic system with some government involvement and consumer interaction of supply and demand |
| market economy | an economic system in which the three main economic questions are answered by the interaction of the buyer and seller, based on supply and demand |
| location | describes where something is on earth |
| absolute location | An exact position on earth, can be an address or a coordinate |
| relative location | describes where something is found on earth in relation to another place: near, above, west of..etc. |
| place | describes the physical human characteristics of an area, what is it like there? |
| region | describes the similarities you may find in many places; human and physical characteristics |
| movement | describes how people, goods, and ideas got to a particular place |
| human environmental interaction | describes how humans have modified a place or adapted to the places around them. |
| agrarian | agriculture |
| traditional economy | an economic system that is ruled by barter and trade, no currency, and is the old economic system in the world. |
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jthigpen
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