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is the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.
What is Government
100
Theory that government is a progression of the family
What is Evolutionary theory
100
The US government
What is Democratic Republic (Representative government)
100
economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion
What is a mixed economy
100
starts "We the people of the United States..."
What is the Preamble
200
Elects the Chief Executive in a Parliamentary system of government
What is the Legislature/Branch
200
God given right to rule
What is Divine Right Theory
200
powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments.
What is Federal Government
200
A document that is the framework for the US government.
What is the Constitution
200
small group of persons, chosen by the people to act as their representatives
What is indirect democracy
300
The way that decisions are made in a Free Enterprise system
What is the law of supply and demand
300
All powers are held by a single central agency
What is Unitary
300
When a State has absolute power within its boundaries.
What is sovereignty
300
The man responsible for the social contract theory
What is John Locke
300
Form of government that requires a well informed electorate.
What is Democracy
400
government in which a single person holds unlimited political power
What is Autocracy
400
where the will of the people is translated into law directly by the people themselves
What is direct democracy
400
exists where those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people
What is Dictatorship
400
economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods
What is Free Enterprise (system)
400
The process of blending and adjusting competing views and interests
What is Compromise
500
Are the four characteristics of the State.
What is Population, Territory, Sovereignty, Government
500
The 2 items voted on in a Presidential system
What is Chief Executive and Legislative Branch
500
A loose alliance of independent states
What is Confederate Government
500
The four most widely held theories that attempt to explain the origin of the state... (Name all and briefly describe)
What is Force, Evolutionary, Divine Right, and Social Contract
500
Rule by the few
What is Oligarchy
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