Vocab Matching

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social contract

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A 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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nation

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a group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes religion

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confederacy

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a loose union of independent states

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authoritarian

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controlling all aspects of citizens' economic, political, and social lives

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laissez-faire

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the philosophy that government should keep its hands off the economy

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capitalism

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an economic system that emphasizes freedom of choice and individual incentive

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mixed economy

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an economic system in which the government regulates private enterprise

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proletariat

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workers who produce the goods

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command economy

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an economic system in which the government controls the factors of production

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communism

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an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions