Chapter 1, Section 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

An agreement about basic beliefs

Answer 1

consensus

Question 2

The institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces binding decisions on citizens

Answer 2

government

Question 3

Group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes religion

Answer 3

nation

Question 4

A country in which the territory of both the nation and the state coincide

Answer 4

nation-state

Question 5

Theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and the state in turn agrees to protect its citizens

Answer 5

social contract

Question 6

The supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries

Answer 6

sovereignty

Question 7

A political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government with the power to make and enforce laws without approval from any higher authority

Answer 7

state