Unit 4 Vocab Practice

an authoritarian governing system in which a hereditary ruler holds complete power until death

• dictatorship

• democracy

• absolute monarchy

• caliphate

a high-ranking social class, having special privileges and influence and usually determined by heredity

• aristocracy

• hierarchy

• dynasty

• nobility

freedom and independence; self-governance

• anarchy

• diplomacy

• co-dependency

• autonomy

the middle class

• clergy

• bourgeoisie

• rank and file

• merchants

an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market

• capitalism

• democracy

• socialism

• communism

a person belonging by birth or naturalization to a political and geographic entity, especially a nation

• sojourner

• migrant

• heir

• citizen

a person who favors the traditional and opposes rapid change

• liberal

• conservative

• nationalist

• extremist

the set of basic laws and principles by which a nation, state, or other organization is governed

• "ex cathedra" sayings

• code of conduct

• bill of rights

• constitution

a form of government in which power ultimately rests with the people, either directly or through elected representatives

• democracy

• majority rules

• direct dictatorship

• feudalism

an eighteenth-century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason

• Industrial Revolution

• Utilitarianism

• Enlightenment

• Dark Ages