chapter 1

Question 1

Governments three main components

Answer 1

people power policies

Question 2

what is made up of the formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made

Answer 2

Government

Question 3

government includes what two types of people

Answer 3

elected officials and public servants

Question 4

governments authority to get things done

Answer 4

power

Question 5

what does the legislative executive and judicial branch do?

Answer 5

make laws, enforce laws, interpret the laws

Question 6

decisions made by government to reach a goal

Answer 6

policy

Question 7

a political unit with the power to make and enforce laws over a group of people in a territory

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state

Question 8

the four traits of a state

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population, territory, government, sovereignity

Question 9

the world’s chief body for international cooperation

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united nations

Question 10

supreme power to act within its territory and to control its external affairs

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sovereignty

Question 11

our government’s five functions

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ensure national security,maintaining order, resolve conflict, provide services, provide for the public good

Question 12

process by which government makes and carry out decisions also about debating issues

Answer 12

politics

Question 13

how does a state enforce sovereignty

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constitution

Question 14

three main theories of rule

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divine right, natural law/natural rights, social contract

Question 15

based on a system of rules derived from the natural world and is to provide a just and rational order

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natural law

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governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves

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social contract theory

Question 17

an example of autocracy, form of govt where a single individual controls most governing decisions

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monarchy

Question 18

a small group that holds all authority and makes all decisions uses violence to maintain rule

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dictatorship

Question 19

dictator holds ultimate authority no limits on government

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totalitarian regimes

Question 20

small group of people that make most government decisions for their own benefit

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aristocracy

Question 21

rulers claim to be directed by religious ideas and are rooted in a particular religion

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theocracy

Question 22

“rule by the people”

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democracy

Question 23

works best in small communities where people can meet face to face and citizens have the source of authority

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direct democracy

Question 24

indirect form of democracy where citizens elect others to make government decision on their behalf

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Representative Democrazy

Question 25

most national governments consist of a number of smaller administrative units like:

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states, cities and provinces

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where local levels of government may be active and important agencies of rule but the national government has ultimate rule

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unitare systems

Question 27

government that divides power over people and a territory between a national government and smaller regional levels of government

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federal system

Question 28

the federal system is an american invention that attempts to balance national power and states rights known as

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federalism

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each level has the power to act independently of the other level

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American federalism

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allows people and businesses to make their own decisions

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free enterprise

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two opposing sides sum up differences and come to an agreement

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compromise

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is distinguished by having a president that is elected for a limited time in office

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presidential system

Question 33

who is in charge of the executive of government

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president

Question 34

who has the power to declare war

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congress

Question 35

when the executive branch and legislative branch are combined as one are known as

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parliamentary system

Question 36

in a parliamentary system who is mainly in charge

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prime minister

Question 37

statement or vote that a person in a leadership position is no longer fit to be in charge

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vote of no confidence