Web of Power
The Nation-State
Market Watch
Vocab 1
Vocab 2
100

When your coach lets you have Friday practice off because you worked so hard on Thursday.

What is Reward?

100

The citizens of a country.

What is Population?

100

One farmer trading eggs to another farmer for milk is an example of.

What is a Traditional Economic system?

100

Leaders are Kings and Queens

What is a Monarchy?

100

When the power in a government comes from the people.

 What is a Republic?

200

When you pay your taxes because the government says you have to.

What is Formal Power?

200

The land that is your country and the specific boundaries that define it.

What is Territory?

200

When one politician agrees to vote with another, in order to get that politician to support them in a different vote.

What is Horse Trading?

200

This is the name of the group of elected officials in England.

What is Parliment?


200

When the leaders of a country are elected by the people.

What is a Democracy?

300

When you wear your seatbelt because studies have shown that it helps save lives.

What is Persuasion?

300

This characteristic of a nation-state is responsible for people living in a peaceful society.

What are laws?

300

When the government of North Korea owns all the car companies in the country and decides how many cars to produce and how much they will cost, it is this type of Economic System.

What is Command?

300

Leaders and Rules for a Nation are based on and tied to their religion.

What is a Theocracy?

300

Established organizations such as colleges, banks and churches are called this.

What is an institution?
400

When you go the speed limit because you know that if you get a ticket, your parents will make you pay it and pay your insurance.

What is coercion?


400

The fact that no other country has control over the United States means that we have what?

What is sovereignty? 

400

When you choose not to buy a muffin from the food court because you decide their new, increased prices are not worth it, you are involved in what type of economic system?

What is Market?

400

Because Holland State Park benefits all citizens, it is an example of what?

What is a public good?

400

When leaders state that "God" gave them their power, they are using this idea.

What is the Divine Right Theory?

500

When you listen to your coach's instructions because he used to play professionally.

What is Expertise?

500

Not to be confused with POWER, this means actually having the legal right to make and enforce rules.

What is Authority?

500

The process of making rules and decisions for a group of people

What is Politics?

500

When leaders, lead, because the people of the country agree to follow their authority.

What is the Social Contract Theory?

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