Vocabulary
The idea that government can only exist and function with the consent of the governed.
popular sovereignty
Difference between a president and a prime minister
(you tell me)
Where power resides in a dictatorship
A single person or small group of people
citizen participation in voting on laws v voting for representatives who make those laws
The idea that government is not all powerful
limited government
What is an oligarchy?
Authoritarian rule by an elite few
Theocracy
When family units join together to form communities, and eventually states
evolutionary theory
An alliance of independent states
confederation
Necessary characteristics of a nation-state
sovereignty, borders, population, ___________