The 44 Essential Social Studies Vocabulary

A system of govern by one person with absolute power.

• absolute monarchy

• autocracy

An economic system in which the government controls a country's economy.

• command economy

• currency

A king or queen is the official head of state but power is limited by a constitution.

• constitutional monarchy

• absolute monarchy

The study of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

• embargo

• economics

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.

• democracy

• demand

An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.

• economics

• embargo

A government in which the king or queen as absolute power.

• absolute monarchy

• constitutional monarchy

Buildings, machines, technology, and tools needed to produce goods and services.

• capital goods

• durable goods

A system in which the local government controls a country's economy.

• command government

• confederation government

Coins and paper bills used as money.

• bucks

• currency