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1. checks and bal- the Constitutional mechanisms that authorize each branch of government to share
ances powers with the other branches and thereby check their activities
2. civil rights the protections and privileges of personal liberty given to all U.S. citizens by the
Constitution and Bill of Righ
3. communism a political and economic system in which factors of production are collectively
owned and directed by the state
4. confederate of, or pertaining to, a group of states more or less permanently united for common
purposes
5. human resources labor used to produce goods and services
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6. democracy the practice of the principle of equality of rights, opportunity, and treatment
7. dictatorship a system of government in which one person has absolute authority, including
complete domination of the citizens' lives; the most basic of citizens' rights are
taken away in order to guarantee the leader's hold on power
8. due process of the right of every citizen to be protected against arbitrary action by government
law
9. economics the study of the process of producing and distributing a good and how it relates
to buying, selling, and making a profit in a society
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