States
This refers to the people living within a state's boundaries.
What is population?
These are the three natural rights described by Locke and recognized by our founding fathers.
What is Life, Liberty, and Property?
This describes the government's ability to reduce/solve conflict between citizens.
What is maintain social order?
In this type of democratic government, citizens elect representatives who make laws on their behalf.
What is representative democracy?
What is a republic?
This refers to a group of people with a shared language, culture, ethnicity, etc. (but without necessarily having an independent country)
The ability to meet ones own needs without receiving outside help.
What is independence?
This describes the government's ability to provide infrastructure, education, etc. for communities across the US
What is provide public services?
In this type of democratic government, citizens vote directly on the laws that are made.
What is direct democracy?
This refers to the study of citizens and their rights and duties.
What is civics?
This refers to the physical land a state controls.
What is territory?
This describes a condition where all people achieve the same result regardless of how much effort they put into a given task.
What is equality of outcome?
This refers to the government's ability to prevent and respond to attacks against our country from foreign entities.
What is providing national defense?
What is providing national security?
The United States government can most accurately be described as having this type of (democratic) government.
What is republic?
What is a democratic republic?
"Rule by the people" or "rule by the many" refers to this type of government
What is democracy?
This describes a state who's population shares a common language, ethnicity, culture, etc.
What is a nation-state?
This describes a condition where every individual is given the same chance to be successful as everyone else.
What is equality of opportunity?
This describes the government's ability to ensure that citizens can buy/sell things safely.
What is providing for the economy?
This refers to a group of individuals who share a common political agenda.
What is a political party?
This national symbol displays an eagle with an olive branch in one claw and arrows in the other.
What is the Great Seal of the US?
This describes the power of a state to create and enforce its own laws (without taking orders from another state).
What is sovereignty?
This describes one's right to the results of their work.
What is private property?
This describes a situation where the majority of the population votes away the rights of the minority.
What is tyranny of the majority?
This latin phrase translates to "out of many, one."
What is E Pluribus Unum?