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1
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People who predict and hypothesize politics

A

Political scientist

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General idea of something and it is for the most part widely agreed upon in the scientific community

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Concepts

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  • Congressional declaration
  • authorized engagements
  • Use this term to gain public support
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War

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Inherited power

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Monarchy

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Group who share power

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Oligarchy

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Religious leader power

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Theocracy

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No government and no rulers

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Anarchy

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To regard highly, honor, favor

freedom, order, equality, democracy

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Political value

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Without constraints and without limitations

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Freedom

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10
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How we can best live together

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Politics

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Structures and systems that we’ve adopted

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Government

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12
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Specific freedoms that the government is always supposed to follow

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Civil liberties

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We are giving government legitimate use of force to regulate, to monitor, to protect and present life and property

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Order

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Based on morals

  • proper way to behave
  • dress code
  • what you can and can’t say
  • laws
  • elies on culture and religion
  • censorship
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Social order

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Striking a balance among people

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Equality

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Form of government; mass rule

U.S. consentive to the ppl

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Democracy

17
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Spending versus revenue (bad)

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Deficit

18
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More money

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Surplus

19
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Borrowing in what you owe, eventually pay back

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Debt

20
Q

Set of beliefs about the direction of government and purpose

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Political ideology

21
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Organizations that are meant to represent political beliefs and meant to affect elections

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Parties

22
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A set of beliefs and values that as a whole form a general philosophy about government

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Ideology

23
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This principle asserts that the people posed the ultimate political authority and can use it to create, alter, or perpetuate government
election

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Popular Sovereignty

24
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Constitutional system whereby authority is distributed between the central government and regional (state)

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Federalism

25
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Powers of the national government under the constitution divided among three branches:
legislature, executive, and judicial

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Separation of power doctrine

26
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Makes laws (Congress)

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Legislature

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Enforces laws

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Executive

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Interprets laws

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Judicial

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