Purposes of Government
What is sovereignty?
A government makes and enforces its own laws without approval from any other authority
What is a republic?
A representative democracy without a monarch in charge
Define laissez-faire.
What is one example of a public service that the government provides?
Schools, sewers, roads, schools, health departments, fire, police, building codes, etc.
Define anarchy
A state without government or laws.
A state was defined as what, while a country was defined as what?
State: political community with a definite territory and organized government
Country: Geographic Term
What are the two types of Constitutions?
Written and un-written
What are democratic socialists committed to?
Freedom in the political sphere. Government involvement in economics.
Constitutional
What are the two types of democracy?
Direct
Representative
What unites a nation?
Race
Language
Custom
Religion
What are authoritarian governments? What things fall under the umbrella of authoritarian governments?
Government has total control of citizens' lives.
Umbrella: Dictatorships, oligarchies
What are the three key questions that all economic systems must answer?
1. What and how much is produced?
2. How should goods and services be produced?
3. Who gets the goods and services that are produced?
What purposes does a Constitution serve?
Sets out ideals that the people believe in
Establishes the basic structure of government and its powers and duties.
Provides the supreme law for the state.
What are the four characteristics of a state?
People
Sovereignty
Territory
Government
What are the four theories about the origin of government?
Evolutionary
Force
Divine Right
Social Contract
Define the three systems (the way power is divided) of government.
Unitary
Confederacy
Federal
Which groups of people did Karl Marx write about?
Bourgeoisie
Proletariat
Who is the current president of the United States?
Joe Biden
Which president said that "the legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do for themselves in their separate and equal capacities. But in all that people can individually do for themselves, government ought not to interfere."
What are the five functions of government?
Providing Leadership
Maintaining Order
Providing Public Services
Providing National Security
Providing Economic Security and Assistance
Define five principles of democracy.
Citizen Participation
Regular Free and Fair Elections
Accepting the Results of Elections
The Rule of Law
Majority Rule with Minority Rights
Accountability, Transparency
Limited Government
Control of the Abuse of Power
Economic Freedom
Equality
Individual or Human Rights
Independent Judiciary
Competing Political Parties
What are the four economic theories we discussed in class?
Capitalism
Mixed Economies
Socialism
Communism
Hollister, Taney County, Missouri, and British Columbia are all examples of what?
Smaller forms of government underneath a federal umbrella
Name Mr. Griessel's favorite sports teams?
Chiefs and Royals