Unit A - glossary terms

a body or institution that provdes direction or control though laws or policies

• nation
• government
• population
• law

a group of people who share language, customs, traditions, and possibly religion

• sovereignty
• nation
• government
• population

people of a state

• population
• nation-state
• nation
• government

compelte and total authority wihtin its state

• law
• population
• sovereignty
• nation

a poltical communtiy with an organized government that controls a specific area

• government
• sovereignty
• state
• nation-state

a state whoe sterritorial boundaries mathc the area occupied by a nation

• law
• nation-state
• sovereignty
• state

a system of rules to regulate behavior

• nation-state
• law
• state
• population

an autocracy in which a king, queen, or emperor holds the supreme powers of the government

• absolute monarchy
• communism
• vote of no confidence
• democarcy

rule of one person

• autocracy
• unitary system
• communism
• dictatorship

an economic system where freedom of choice and individual incentives and emphasized

• capitalism
• democarcy
• unitary system
• federal system