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Benchmark I
American Government
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Political Studies
9th Grade
10/28/2010

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Authoritarian:

Dictatorship/Totalitarian

Definition
Ruler with total power over a country
Term

Authoritarian

Monarchy

Definition
A form of government with a king,queen, or emperor as the head
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Authoritarian

Oligarchy

Definition
A small group of people having control of a country
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Democracy

Representative

Definition
a system of government by the people where laws are written and passed by elected representatives
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Democracy

federal

Definition
a system of government in which several states are joined together by a central, more powerful government
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Democracy

unitary

Definition
a system of government in which the power is located in a single, central government body
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Opportunity Cost
Definition
the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen
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Command Economy
Definition
an economy in which production, investment, prices, and income are determined centrally by a government 
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Market Economy
Definition
an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are controlled by individuals
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Traditional Economy
Definition
An economy in which things are done the way they have always been done by the elders
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US Census and Reapportionment
Definition
A survey that the government does every 10years to count every one in the United States
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Elastic Clause
Definition
The Constitution gives Congress the power to make laws that the "Necessary and Proper" even if it does not specifically say COngress can do it.
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Approve/Reject Judicial

Appointments

Definition
Congress is responsible for 
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