Global Studies Political Terms

System of government based on land ownership

Government controlled by a single leader who has complete power...such as a dictatorship

Rule by a king or a queen

Coming together for a common purpose

Policy followed by countries who want to keep out of world affairs

The imaginary line dividing the communist nations from the rest of Europe during the Cold War

Government control and ownership of business, farms, etc. with few individual rights or freedom

Policy of more openness in the Soviet Union under Gorbachev

Feeling love or loyalty for one's country and culture

Stronger nation controlling a weaker one for the stronger nation's benefit...colonialism

Citizens vote and have some control over the laws and leaders of their country

Public ownership of businesses, farms, transportation-everyone is supposed to share the wealth

Using force to take over nations or solve problems between nations

Time after WWII when tension between Communist nations and Western democracies was very high

Form of socialism named for the ideas of the author of the Communist Manifesto

Time of economic reforms in the Soviet Union under Gorbachev

System of separating the races in South Africa

The United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War

Another word for independence

Not taking sides in a war or conflict