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| (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid policy of segregation of the nonwhite population |
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| government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others |
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| material wealth used or available for use in the production of more wealth |
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| a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity |
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| an economy that is planned and controlled by a central administration |
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| a group of nations or states in which the component states retain considerable independence |
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| the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group |
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| the cutting down and removal of all or most of the trees in a forested area |
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| government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives |
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| the transformation of land once suitable for agriculture into desert |
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| conformity to religious law, custom, or duty |
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| a government order prohibiting certain or all trade with a foreign nation |
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| a person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture |
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| membership in a particular racial or national group |
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| a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units |
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| the monetary value of all the goods and services produced by an economy over a specified period |
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| the spending of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns |
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| the cosmic principle according to which each person is rewarded or punished in one incarnation according to that person's deeds in the previous incarnation |
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| an economy that operates by voluntary exchange in a free market and is not planned or controlled by a central authority |
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| the desire for national advancement or independence |
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| a place or state characterized by freedom from or oblivion to pain, worry, and the external world |
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| a form of government in which all power is held by a few persons or a dominant class |
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| the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the African nations |
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| a system of government in which the ministers of the executive branch are drawn from the legislature and are accountable to that body, such that the executive and legislative branches are intertwined |
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| a system of government where an executive branch exists and presides separately from the legislature |
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| the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form |
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| the choice a country makes to focus on producing those goods and services that it makes best and that are in demand on the world market |
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| a term describing the amount of goods and services that an average family or individual views as necessary |
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| tax imposed on goods and services imported into a country |
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| an economy based on custom and tradition |
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| a sovereign state governed as one single unit in which the central government is supreme |
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