Types of Government
ORGINS of
a STATE
Types of Government II
Characteristics of a State
100
a government in which a single person holds unlimited power
What is Autocracy
100
some scholars claim that one person or a small group claimed control over an area and forced all within it to submit to the person’s or group’s rule, if not suffer the consequences.
What is The Force Theory
100
an alliance of independent states.
What is Confederation
100
A state has supreme power within its territory, not responsible to a higher authority.
What is sovereignty
200
a government in which the executive and legislative branches are separate and co-equal.
What is Presidential government
200
the state developed naturally out of the early family. Father in charge and so on down the line in the family hierarchy.
What is The Evolutionary Theory
200
structuring a government so that power is shared by a central and several local governments.
What is Division of Powers
200
A state must have this, the size has nothing directly to do with the existence of the state
What is POPULATION
300
a government in which power is divided between a central government and other local governments
What is Federal government
300
It held that GOD created the STATE and that ?GOD had given those of royal birth a “divine right” to rule.
What is The Divine Right Theory
300
a government in which members of the executive branch are also members of the legislative branch and are subject to the legislature’s direct control.
What is Parliamentary government
300
A state must have land, recognized boundaries
What is TERRITORY
400
a government in which a small, usually self-appointed group has the power to rule.
What is Oligarchy
400
No authority existed to protect one person from the aggressive actions of anther. Individuals were only as safe as their own physical strength and intelligence could make them. Eventually, they agreed to help one another and the state was born.
What is Social Contract Theory
400
government in which power rest with the people.
What is Democracy
400
This is the agency through which the state exerts its will and works to accomplish its goals.
What is Government
500
a government in which all power belongs to a central agency.
What is Unitary government
500
a body of people living in a defined area, make and enforce laws without consent of a higher authority.
What is a State
500
government in which those who rule are not responsible to the will of the people.
What is Dictatorship
500
a body of fundamental laws that sets out the principles, structures, and process of a government.
What is constitution
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