Body of people living in a defined territory, organized politically, and with the power to make and enforce law.
What is state?
100
Four characteristics that all states possess
What is population, territory, sovereignty, and government?
100
Institution in which a society makes and enforces public policies.
What is government?
100
Supreme authority rests within the people.
What is democracy?
100
The document that creates the American democracy.
What is the constitution?
200
Supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies.
What is sovereign?
200
Famous philosopher who said, 'without government, one would live in continual fear and danger of violent death and life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
200
Every government possesses these three powers.
What is legislative, executive, and judicial powers?
200
Ultimate responsibility is exercised through a single person.
What is dictatorship?
200
The first few lines of that document which lay out the reasons for creation of the constitution.
Daily Double- Recite this phrase for extra points.
What is the preamble?
300
Law that states when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop and when they are scarce prices rise.
What is the law of supply and demand?
300
Theory where the strongest of the group forces others to follow his/her rule.
What is the force theory?
300
Body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of government.
What is constitution?
300
Dictatorships are broken down into two separate titles. __________ is a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power and a ____________ is a government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite.
What is autocracy and oligarchy?
300
Private ownership of capital goods, investments made by private decision, and success or failure determined by competition in the market place are all characteristics of what system.
What is the free enterprise system?
400
Economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion.
What is a mixed economy?
400
Over countless years the original family becomes a network of related families where the "head of the household" rules. When nomads quit roaming, the state was born.
What is the evolution theory?
400
The earliest form of government is believed to be in what ancient civilization.
What is ancient Egypt?
400
An alliance of independent states
What is confederation?
400
This man is the father of the constitution.
Who is James Madison
500
In order to find the position most acceptable to the largest number, a ______________ must be made.
What is compromise?
500
The theory in which America was formed.
What is the social contract theory?
500
All the things the government decides to do.
What is public policies?
500
A federal government has powers in government that are divided between a central and several local governments. This is called what.
What is the division of powers?
500
Name of document sent to show that Americans were tired of being mistreated and not represented in English parliament.
Daily Double-Who is the father of this document?
What is the Deceleration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?