Unit 11 Vocabulary

A sudden violent overthrow of a government, often by force

• Cold War

• Coup

• Communist

• Collaborate

a person who lives in or belongs to a country, state, or city

• law

• citizen

• problem

• vote

A system where the government controls all aspects of the economy and society

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Communism

• Capitalism

A form of government where power is held by a small group of people

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Republic

• Anarchy

The study of past events, particularly in human affairs

• Geography

• History

• Economics

• Sociology

A large-scale farming operation that produces crops for sale

• Subsistence farming

• Commercial farming

• Organic farming

• Urban farming

A political system where citizens vote directly on laws and policies

• Representative democracy

• Direct democracy

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

The movement of people from rural areas to cities

• Urbanization

• Globalization

• Industrialization

• Colonization

A system of government where the ruler has unlimited power

• Constitutional monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Federalism

• Parliamentary system

The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances

• Mercantilism

• Socialism

• Feudalism

• Capitalism