Politics

In layman's terms what are the following?:

Socialism
Left wing/Right wing (of political spectrum)
Authoritarianism
Totalitarianism
Conservatism

>>5
Wow, what a great post! Anyway, I just wish to make sure of something: On the left wing/right wing spectrum, I was told that in its very simplest form, being on the complete far left is 100% total government, and being on the complete far right is 0% government. When the United States was founded by our Founding Fathers, the Constitutional Republic they formed was somewhere in the middle of these two extremes.

Am I correct at all in this logic? If not, why?