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KeyTerms1-21

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Freedom   The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants  
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Equality   The state of being equal in status, rights, and opportunities  
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Private Property   Personal or Movable Property  
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Justice   The quality of being fair / reasonable  
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Authority   The Legal right to give orders and enforce rules  
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Government   Institutions and officials organized to establish and carry out public policy  
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Power   The ability to cause others to behave as they might not otherwise choose to do  
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Legitimacy   The quality of being accepted as an authority, often applied to laws or those in power  
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Public Goods   A product or service that is available for all people to consume, whether they pay for it or not  
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Nation-states   AN independent state especially one in which the people share a common culture in a nation state, people name a sense of belonging to one country, even if they have different ethnic backgrounds  
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Soverignty   The right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region, a group of people, or oneself  
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Politics   The process and method of making decisions for groups. Although generally applied to government politics is also observed in all human interactions  
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Institution   An established organization especially that is providing a public service  
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Democracy   A system of government in which citizens exercise supreme power, acting either directly on their own or through elected representatives  
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Monarchy   A system of government in which a single ruler exercises supreme power based on heredity or divine right.  
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Dictatorship   A system of government in which a single person or group exercises supreme power by controlling the military and police  
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Market economy   An economic system that relies mainly on markets to determine what goods and services produce and how to produce them  
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Traditional economy   an economic system in which decisions about what to produce and how they are made on the basis of customs, beliefs, and traditions  
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Republic   A nation in which supreme power rests with the citizens and is exercised by their elected representatives  
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Parliament   A legislative assembly in which elected representatives debate and vote on proposed laws  
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Command economy   An economic system that relies mainly on the central government to determine what goods and services to produce and how to produce them  
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