Global Set 1
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- Divine right
- Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god.
- Laissez Faire
- Policy allowing Buissness to operate with little or no government interference.
- Miliratism
- Glorification of the military.
- Dynasty
- Ruling family.
- Tribe
- A group of related people under one leader.
- Secular
- Having to do with worldly rather than religious matters.
- Civilization
- Society characterized by order.
- Alliance
- Combination of independant nations.
- Bureacracy
- System of managing government through departments run by appointed officials.
- Theocracy
- Government run by church leaders.
- Mixed Economy
- System with both private and state run enterprises.
- Liberal
- Favoring more civil liberty.
- Import
- bring into a country, especially for sale
- Disarmament
- To take away or deprive of weapons.
- Export
- to ship out of the country
- Republic
- System of government in which officials are chosen by the people.
- Multinational Corporation
- A buisness with branches in many countries.
- Monarchy
- Government in which a king or queen excercises central power.
- Imperialism
- Domination by one country of the polotical economic, or cultural life of another country or region.
- Democracy
- government in which people hold the ruling power.
- Conservative
- Person skeptical of change.
- Command Economy
- System in which government officials make all basic economic decisions.
- Communism
- form of socialism advocated by Karl Marx; according to Marx, class struggle was inevitable and would lead to the creation of a classless society in which all wealth and property would be owened by the community as a whole.
- Tariff
- Tax on imported goods.
- Revolution
- Complete change.
- Neutral
- policy of supporting neiter side in a war.
- Schism
- Permanent division in a church.
- Artisan
- skilled craft worker.
- Nationalism
- Feeling pride in and devotion to one's country.
- Barter System
- system in which one set of goods or services is exchanged for another.
- Totalitarian
- Absolute contorl by one political group.
- Capital
- Money for investment.