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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato, the TUTOR of Alexander the Great, and the author of works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural sciences, politics, and poetic, he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize what he saw as Plato's metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical observation and logic, based on the syllogism, is the essential method of rational inquiry.
What is Aristotle?
100
political systems
What class are you taking?
100
Obama
Who is our president?
100
first appeared in ancient Greek political and philosophical thought in the city-state of Athens during classical antiquity.
Where did democracy first appear?
100
Democracy
What type of government do we have?
200
self-governing political entity. The term State can be used interchangeably with country.
What is State?
200
a society without a publicly enforced government.
What is Anarchy
200
a country with a government that has been elected freely and equally by all its citizens
What is Democracy
200
A book written by Thomas Hobbes and published in 1651.
What is Leviathan
200
Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economy.
What is Adam Smith
300
political authority: a group of people who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country or area
What is Government?
300
a community governed by a god or priests
What is Theocracy
300
An agreement among the members of an organized society or between the governed and the government defining and limiting the rights and duties of each.
What is Social Contract Theory
300
a government in which somebody holds unlimited power
What is Autocracy
300
English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy.
What is Thomas Hobbes
400
a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
What is Evolutionary Theory
400
political union
What is Confederacy
400
The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, while the Second Treatise outlines Locke's ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory.
What is Two Treatises on Government
400
divides the powers of government between the national (federal) government and state and local governments.
What is Federal System of Government
400
a small group of people who together govern a nation or control an organization, often for their own purposes
What is Oligarchy
500
one person or group claimed control over an area and forced others to submit to that person or group rule.
What is Force Theory
500
the right to rule derived directly from God, not from the consent of the people.
What is Divine Right Theory
500
sovereign state governed as a single entity.
What is Unitary System of Government
500
government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others
What is Autocracy
500
English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism".
What is John Locke