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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| republic | voters elect leaders to make the decisions |
| democracy | voters get to make the decisionss |
| monarchy | hereditary leadership the passes from generation to generation with titles like king and queen |
| dictatorship | the leader took power without an election usually by force |
| oligarchy | a small group usually powerful and rich that make decisions |
| theocracy | a government lead by a religion leader |
| communism | in theory a form of government and economics that would promote equality in practice a form of dictatership. |
| mixed economy | some decisions are made by the government while other decisions are mad by producers and consumers |
| voluntary trade | trade between buyer and sellers |
| international trade | trad between countries |
| industrialization | development of manufacturing in a country |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| command economy | government makes all the economics decisions |
| market economy | producers and consumers make all the decisions(decisions are based on the supply and demand) |
| traditional economy | economy based on historical practice and time honored beliefs |
| human capital | the value of the skill a person possesses |