Gov systems and Economic Structures Vocab Unit 1

An institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting the ppl under its control

A state without government and laws

A group of ppl united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes religion

A political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government

The supreme and absolute monarchy within territorial boundaries

The idea that ppl are chosen by a god or gods to rule

Theory that by contract, ppl surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order, and the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens

A gov in which a constitution has authority to place clearly recognized limits on the powers of those who govern

Controlling all aspects of citizens’ economic, political, and social lives

Of or relating to a system of gov in which the gov has total control

A system of gov in which power is in the hands of a person who has total control

Form of gov in which one leader has absolute power and controls all aspects of citizens’ economic and social lives

A system of gov in which a small group holds power

A system of gov in which a king, queen or emperor exercises supreme powers of gov

A system of gov in which nobles offered protection and land to their subjects in return for their service

Gov in which the ppl rule

A gov in which voters hold sovereign power; elected representatives, responsible to the ppl, exercise that power

An economic system in which private citizens own and use the factors of production in order to generate profits

Economic system in which buyers and sellers make free choices in the marketplace

The philosophy that gov should keep its hands off the economy

Businessperson who thought the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold or silver

Economic system that combines elements of capitalism and socialism; in a mixed economy, the gov regulates private enterprise

A socialist who is committed to democracy buy wants government involvement in the distribution of wealthy

An economic system in which the gov controls the factors of production

Capitalists who own the means of production

Workers who produce the goods

An economic system in which factors of are collectively owned and the central government directs all major economic decisions

A system in which the power of the gov is limited, not absolute

A system of gov in which ppl elect delegates to make laws and conduct gov