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Famous Monks
Birds of the Wild
Historic Beings
Tree Species
Business Life
100
The supreme power of a state to act within itsterritory and have absolute authority over its internal and external affairs is called what?
Sovereignty
100
Define liberty.
Ability of people to think and act as they choose
100
Define three characteristics of a state.
1. Defined border 2. Population 3. Sovereignty
100
Which principle of American democracy is at work when two opposing groups relax some of their demands in an attempt to reach an agreement?
Compromise
100
What do we call the process by which a government makes and carries out decisions?
Politics.
200
What is the basic function of government?
Ensuring national security
200
What is another name for the term 'general welfare'?
public good
200
What are natural rights?
Rights that all people possess by virtue of being humans
200
What form of government system is headed by one person, such as a king or queen?
Monarchy
200
Which 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
300
What kind of government system is led by a prime minister?
Parliamentary
300
What is the name of the aquatic, flightless bird which belongs to the Speheniscidae family?
Penguin
300
What kind of system exists if the sovereignty rests in a single, national government?
Unitary System
300
What is the divine right of kings?
Theory in which a ruler answers only to God
300
What form of democracy protects the rights of the minority?
Liberal democracy
400
True of False? A monarchy is a system of government headed by one person whose position inherited and whose power is supreme.
True.
400
“In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain . . . no arts, no letters, no society, and, which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” —Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651 What is the “condition” that Hobbes is talking about?
The state of nature
400
What do we call the economic system in which people are free to engage in economic activity with minimal government interference?
Free Enterprise
400
True or False? A dictatorship that is led by a small group of people is called a republic.
False.
400
In which form of governmental system do the states keep full control over their territories and people?
Confederal
500
The five key principles of American democracy are: worth of the individual; _________________________; majority rule, minority rights; _________________________; and citizen participation. Name the missing two.
Rule of law; compromise
500
Name the philosopher who believes that any violation of the people’s natural rights by government provided grounds for rebellion.
John Locke
500
What are the three 'Ps' of government?
People, Power, Policy
500
True or False? In a parliamentary system, a prime minister must resign immediately if he or she loses the support of the majority party in parliament.
True
500
A key principle of American democracy is that the majority rules, but the rights of the political _________________________ are protected.
minority