Government 1
Why do we study Government?
What is Civics?
Study of citizenship and government.
Government is set up of, by and for?
of the People, by the People, for the People.
What is a State?
A definite territory with a organized government that has the power to make and enforce laws.
What is a nation?
sizeable group of people united by common bonds.
What is Sovereignty?
What is where the state has supreme and absolute authority.
What is the Evolutionary Theroy?
state evolved from the family.
What is the Force Theory?
emerged when all people of an area were brought under the rule of one person or group.
What is the Divine Right Theory?
God has chosen certain people to rule and things to happen.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
by contract, people surrender to the state, and the state protects the citizens.
What are two purpose of Government?
• Maintaining Social Order
• Providing Public Services
• Providing National Security
• Making Economic Decisions
What is the key goal of the Unitary System?
establishes the key powers to national or central government
What is a federal system?
divides the powers of gov’t. between the national gov’t. and state or provincial government
What is Provincial Government?
The Local Government
What is one Purposes of the Constitutions and Government?
• Sets out ideals that people believe & share
• Established basic structure of gov’t. & defines duties & powers
• Provides supreme law for country
• Preamble Statement of Constitution’s goals
What is an Autocracy?
A government rule by one/ Totalitarian dictatorships
What is an Absolute monarch?
A government ruled by a King or Queen.
What is an Oligarchy?
A government rule by a few persons, Communist countries
What is a Democracy?
A government rule by many persons, “government of the people, by the people, and for the people”, U.S. , direct & representative democracy
What is a characteristic of Democracy?
All people have equal liberty/ Majority rules, but minorities rights are protected, free & open elections “one person, one vote”
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS must make 3 decisions. What are two of them?
• What & how much to produce
• How goods & services should be produced
• Who gets what has been produced
Pure Capitalisms’ 5 characteristics. What are three of them?
• Private ownership of property & resources
• Free enterprise
• Competition
• Freedom of choice
• Possibility of making a profit=MONEY
There are 3 main goals of SOCIALISM. What are two of them?
• Distribution of wealth & economic opportunity equally
among people
• Society’s control, through its gov’t., of all major decisions
about production
• Public ownership of most land, of factories, & other means of
production
In Communism, what is the basic functions of its economic system?
• State owns the land, natural resources, industry, banks, & transportation.
• Owns mass communication
Who is the Father of Communism and what did he want to eliminate?
Karl Marx, wanted to eliminate class struggle between rich & poor