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Institution that makes and interprets laws that affect all the people in that state

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Government

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Economic system where economic decisions are made by both the government and buyers and sellers

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Mixed market economy

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Business owners

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Bourgeoisie

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Territory with the power to make laws superior to any power

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State

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4
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Effort to influence the policies of government

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Politics

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Kings who share power with an elected legislature

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Constitutional monarchy

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Countries just beginning to get going industrially

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Developing nations

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Study of satisfying unlimited wants using limited resources

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Economics

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Rule by the people

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Democracy

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System where people have human rights and control through elections but government owns means of production

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Socialism

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10
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General agreement

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Consensus

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11
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Kings who have total power

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Absolute monarchs

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12
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Divides power between national and state governments

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Federal government

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13
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Government owns basic means of production and distribution

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Communism

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Rule by one person

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Autocracy

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Theory where people would surrender to the government the power needed for order and government would protect them

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Social contract theory

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Idea that God gave royalty the right to rule

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Divine right

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17
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Rule by small select group of people

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Oligarchy

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Economic system based on freedom for the individual

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Capitalism

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Group of people United by race, religion and language

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Nation

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Government where people discuss issues and vote on them

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Direct democracy

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Countries that are advanced technology

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Industrialized nations

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22
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Absolute power within its boundaries

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Sovereignty

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Name for a plan of government

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Constitution

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24
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Group that has similar political views and try win elections

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Political party

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The statement of goals for a constitution

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Preamble

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Economic system where the government controls the means of production

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Socialism

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Name for the workers in an economic society

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Proletariat

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28
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Government with a king or exporter

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Monarchy

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29
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Government that gives all key power to the central government

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Unitary government

30
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Government where the leaders’ ideas are glorified and government seeks to control all social and economic life

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Totalitarian dictatorship

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Loose union of independent states

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Confederacy

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Voters are the source of government’s power

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Republic

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Famous Greek philosopher who studied forms of government

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Aristotle

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German philosopher who studied class struggles in history

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Karl Marx

35
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Stated the social contract theory to explain why people willingly would give up rights to the government

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Thomas Hobbes

36
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Wrote Two Treatises of Government and stated 3 natural rights

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John Locke

37
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Who the American colonists revolted against in 1776

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George III

38
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Patriarchal father of the Jews

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Abraham

39
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Wrote Wealth of Nations-government should stay out of business

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Adam Smith

40
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Communistic countries usually have what form of economic system

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Command

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What type of economic system does Norway and England have

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Democratic socialism

42
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All are goals of socialism except for

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Profits go to the owner of the factory

43
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All are names for capitalism except for

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Socialism

44
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All are economic questions that governments have to make except for

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Where shall the goods be produced

45
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All are important aspects of rival parties except for

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All of the above are a spoof rival parties

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All are characteristics of free elections except for

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Citizens can vote early if they have an absentee ballot

47
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Which is true about the Japanese-Americans in the 1940s

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Over 100,000 were detained in relocation camps

48
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How do you get your power in an oligarchy

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All of the above

49
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Which is false about absolute monarchs

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They had to share power with an elected legislature

50
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All are examples of quasi-military groups except for

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World Trade Organization

51
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What organization sends representatives from countries to achieve peace

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United Nations

52
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Which is not an industrialized nation

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Nigeria

53
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What people want less taxes and less government intervention

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Conservatives

54
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In what country did the government crush a pro-democracy movement in 1989

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China

55
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All are purposes of government except for

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Providing welfare

56
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According to the force theory, early governments started because leaders

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Forced the subjects into making protective walls

57
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When did the U.S. Become sovereign

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1776

58
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What country did the book give as an example of how all nations are not united by language and religion

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Canada

59
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Where did the US get the idea of democracy from

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Greece

60
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In our history, who did the US not get land from

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Portugal

61
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All are characteristics of capitalism except for

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Government regulates safety requirements in factories

62
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Which is false about constitutions

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They all limit the power of that government

63
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What is the population of the US currently

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313 million

64
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What does the word polis mean

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City state

65
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What country has a border dispute with Palestinians

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Israel

66
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What direction are people moving in the US

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South and west

67
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Who did the US declare they independence from

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Great Britain

68
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What fraction of our budget goes to the military

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1/4

69
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What factor is most common in starting revolutions

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Large wealth gap between upper and lower class

70
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4 characteristics of democracy

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  1. Free elections
  2. Majority rule with minority rights
  3. Individual liberty
  4. Political parties
71
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4 essential features of the state

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  1. Population
  2. Territory
  3. Government
  4. Sovereignty
72
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4 conditions favoring democracy

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  1. Favorable or stable economy
  2. Widespread education
  3. Active citizen participation
  4. Social consensus

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