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Civics 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| State | a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government with the power to make and enforce laws without approval from any higher authority |
| Nation | a group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes, religion |
| Nation-State | a country in which the territory of both the nation and the state coincide |
| Consensus | an agreement about basic beliefs |
| Sovereignty | the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries; no state has the right to interfere with internal affairs of another state |
| Government | the institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces binding decisions on citizens |
| Social Contract | theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens |
| Unitary System | A government that gives all key powers to the national or central government |
| Federal Government | A government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments |
| Confederacy | A loose union of independent states |
| Constitution | a plan that provides the rules for government |
| Constitutional Government | a government in which a constitution has authority to place clearly recognized limits on the powers of those who govern |
| Preamble | a statement in a constitution that sets forth the goals and purposes of government |
| Constitutional Law | law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions |
| Politics | the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government |
| Industrialized Nation | a nation with large industries and advanced technology that provides a more comfortable way of life than developing nations |
| Developing Nation | a nation only beginning to develop industrially |
| Autocracy | A system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual |
| Monarchy | autocracy in which a king, queen, or emperor exercises supreme powers of government |
| Oligarchy | situation when only a few firms dominate a particular industry |
| Democracy | government in which the people rule |
| Republic | a government in which voters hold sovereign power; elected representatives, responsible to the people, exercise that power |
| Political Party | A group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct government, and determine public policy |
| Free Enterprise | the opportunity to control one's own economic decisions |
| Economics | the study of human efforts to satisfy seemingly unlimited wants through the use of limited resources |
| Capitalism | an economic system providing free choice and individual incentive for workers, investors, consumers, and business enterprises |
| Free Market | economic system in which buyers and sellers make free choices in the marketplace |
| Laissez-Faire | the philosophy that government should keep its hands off the economy |
| Socialism | an economic system in which the government owns the basic means of production, distributes the products and wages, and provides social services such as health care and welfare |
| Bourgeoisie | capitalists who own the means of production |
| Proletariat | workers who produce the goods |
| Communism | an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions |
| Command Economy | an economic system in which the government controls the factors of production |
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