This is the institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies.
What is Government?
100
This is another word for the STATE.
What is nation or country?
100
In a democracy, the will of the people is dictated by this.
What is majority rule?
100
is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country.
What is naturalization?
100
is the legal principle that law should govern a nation, as opposed to being governed by arbitrary decisions of individual government officials
What is rule of law?
200
This branch has the power to make law and frame public poilicy.
What is Legislative power?
200
A person who is not a citizen of the nation in which he or she lives is an
What is alien?
200
Jefferson stated that all men were created this.
What is equal?
200
is the process by which a person can leave one's native country to live elsewhere.
Expatriation?
200
is the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority.
What is Totalitarianism?
300
This branch has the power to execute, enforce and administer the law.
What is Executive power?
300
This is another term for "recognized boundaries and land.
What is territory?
300
An implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection is
What is social contract?
300
The doctrine that kings and queens have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin
What is divine right?
300
This theory is based upon the belief that the right to rule came from God.
What is the Divine Right Theory?
400
This branch has the power to interpret laws and determine their meaning.
What is Judicial power?
400
This is another name for the people in a state.
What is population?
400
is a government by the people
What is Democracy
400
is the governing body of a nation, state, or community
What is a government?
400
All states confer a special status, usually called_____________________, on their own people.
What is Citizenship
500
The States right to rule itself
What is sovereignty
500
Every state has this - supreme and absolute power within its own territory.
What is Soverignty?
500
The majority must always listen to the argument of this group.
What is the minority?
500
is a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
What is an oligarchy?
500
Added the idea of Natural Rights to the social contract