Term quiz one Flashcards
a legal and political unit that has four major components, Government, Sovereignty, People, and
Land
state
the ultimate overseer, or authority, in decision making process of the state
sovereignty
the political system by which a country or a community is administered and regulated
Government
the increase in the scope and extent of political, economic, and cultural connections between governments, organizations, and individuals between state borders
Globalization
a system of government in which power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or through freely elected
Democracy
forms of direct participation of citizens in democratic decision-making
Direct Democracy
A political system in which citizens of a country or other political entity vote
Representative democracy
a system of political organization in which most of all or the governing power resides in centralized governments
Unitary Government
Government dividing up power between a central nation government and local state governments that are connected to one another by the national government
Federal Government
a system of government in which the president is constitutionally independent of the legislature
presidential government
a democratic form of government in which the party with the greatest representation in the parliament forms the government
Parliamentary Government
a group of people, countries, organizations, etc. joined together for a common purpose or by a common interest
Confederacy
a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
constitution
a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.
nation
a system of laws, regulatory measures, courses of action, and funding priorities concerning a given topic promulgated by a governmental entity or its representatives.
public policy
