Ch. 1.1 Vocabulary
This is a political unit with the power to make and enforce laws over a group of people living within a clearly defined territory.
State
This is one of the 5 Functions of Government:
Protects the nation's people and territory from external threats.
1. Ensure National Security.
The government is headed by one person, such as a king or a queen.
Monarchy
This is the type of government the United Kingdom utilizes.
Constitutional Monarchy
Allows for people and businesses to make their own economic choices.
Free Enterprise
Every state is said to have this, the supreme power to act within its territory and to control its external affairs.
Sovereignty
This is one of the 5 Functions of Government:
Manage society through police and the legal system.
2. Maintain Order
Dictatorship
Dictatorship
Individual rights and liberties of all people, including those in the minority are protected.
Liberal Democracy
This made the king answerable only to God, not to the people he ruled.
Divine right of kings.
This is one of the 5 Functions of Government:
Provide means to solve disputes through politics and the legal system.
3. Resolve Conflict
A system of government where ultimate authority rest in a single national government.
Unitary System
This is the type of government Iran utilizes.
Theocracy
Is the ability of people to act and think as they choose.
Liberty
This theory holds that the first governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state.
Social Contract Theory.
This is one of the 5 Functions of Government:
Government provides things like education, public transportation, parks, fireman, police, and infrastructure for over all public good.
4. Provides Services
A system of government were power of government is divided among a national central authority and smaller regional territories.
Federal System
This is the type of government ancient Greece utilized.
Direct Democracy
What are the three ideals of American Democracy?
1. Liberty
2. Equality
3. Self-Government
This is any decision made by government in pursuit of a particular goal.
Policy.
This is one of the 5 Functions of Government:
Make decisions and policies that benefit the public.
5. Provide for public good.
A system of government where regional territories join forces and delegate limited power to a central authority.
Confederal System
This is the type of government the United States utilizes.
A. Republic Democracy
or
B. Indirect Democracy
What are the 5 Principles of American Democracy?
1. Worth of the Individual
2. Rule of Law
3. Majority Rule/Minority Rights
4. Compromise
5. Citizen Participation