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| system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual |
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| capitalists who own the means of production |
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| economic system providing free choice and individual incentive for workers, investors, consumers, and business enterprises |
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| economic system in which the government controls the factors of production |
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| economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions |
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| a loose union of independent states |
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| agreement about basic beliefs |
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| plan that provides the rules for government |
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| Constitutional Government |
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| government in which a constitution has authority to place clearly recognized limits on the powers of those who govern |
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| law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions |
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| government in which the people rule |
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| rejects centralized, elitist or authoritarian means of transitioning from capitalism to socialism. |
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| nation that is already developed industrially. |
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| a nation that is only beginning to develop industrially |
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| study of human efforts to satisfy seemingly unlimited wants through the use of limited resources |
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| Ex Parte Endo V. United States |
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| the Supreme Court ruled that, regardless of whether the United States Government had a right to exclude people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast during World War II, they could not continue to detain a citizen that the government itself conceded was loyal to the United States. |
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| government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments |
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| opportunity to control one's own economic decisions |
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| economic system in which buyers and sellers make free choices in the marketplace |
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| institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces binding decisions on citizens |
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| known as the father of Liberalism |
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| government should keep its hands off the economy |
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| autocracy in which a king, queen, or emperor exercises supreme powers of government |
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| group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and, sometimes religion |
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| country in which the territory of both the nation and the state coincide |
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| system of government in which a small group holds power |
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| group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct government and determine public policy |
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| effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government |
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| statement in a constitution that sets forth the goals and purposes of government |
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| workers who produce the goods |
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| government in which voters hold sovereign power; elected representatives responsible to the people, exercise that power |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries |
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| 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 |
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| English philosopher, founder of most of the western political philosophy |
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| government that gives all key powers to the national or central government |
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