It is an institution that determines and enforces a society's laws.
What is government?
100
It is the political community that occupies a definite territory and has a organized government with the power to make and enforce laws without approval from any higher authority.
What is the state?
100
It is where all the legal power is held by the national, or central, government. Japan is an example.
What is unitary system?
100
It is where independent states unite to accomplish common goals. An example is European Union.
What is confederal system?
100
The government in a democracy works to promote the kind of equality in which all people have an equal opportunity to develop their talents to the fullest extent possible.
What is individual liberty?
200
It is the well-being of society as a whole.
What is public good?
200
The head of the primitive family was the authority that served as a government.
What is evolutionary theory?
200
It is where the power is shared among central, state, and regional levels.
What is federal system?
200
Until the early 1900s most were ruled by this form of government.
What is absolute monarchy?
200
It has the characteristics of one person, one vote, citizens are free to help a candidate or support issues, and legal requirements to vote are kept to a minimum to name a few.
What is free elections?
300
It is why we need government.
What is we are social beings?
300
He came up with the Social Contract Theory.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
300
They are the 3 systems of government.
What is unitary, federal, and confederal systems?
300
A system of government in which political power and control is held by a small group.
What is an oligarchy?
300
It is a group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct government, and determine public policy.
What are political parties?
400
It includes population, territory, sovereignty, and government.
What is the essential features of a state?
400
This theory states that government emerged when all the people of an area were brought under the authority of one person or group.
What is force theory?
400
These are the 3 major types of government.
What is autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy?
400
It is a country in which the government's authority comes only from the people.
What is a republic?
400
The idea that there must be a general agreement about the purpose and limits of government.
What is social consensus?
500
People give up their power to the government to be ruled and get the benefits of being ruled.
What is social contract theory?
500
He believed we were born with "alienable rights" or "life, liberty, and property." Also, that we can take our power back by force if we have to.
Who is John Locke?
500
In this government, leaders seek complete control over all aspects of citizens' lives.
What is despotism or totalitarian?
500
These are the 2 forms of democracy.
What is direct and representative democracy?
500
The criteria for this are citizen participation, favorable economy, widespread education, strong civil society, and a social consensus.