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State of Affairs
What me Govern?
What's Your Favorite Flavor (of government)
Money Don't Get Everything
Philosophy and You
100
It has a political community, a definite territory and an organized government
What is a state
100
All powers are given to a national or central government
What is a Unitary system
100
Rule by one
What is an autocracy
100
The study of human efforts to satisfy unlimited wants through the use of limited resources
What is Economics
100
Signed by King John in 1215, it gave basic rights to all (freemen) in England
What is the Magna Carta
200
It is any size-able group of people who are united by common bonds of race, language, custom, history and sometimes religion
What is a Nation
200
Powers are divided between states and a national government
What is Federalsim
200
Rule by a few
What is an Oligarchy
200
Where the government controls the factors of production
What is a command economy
200
No taxation without representation in found here
What is the Petition of Right
300
Control within a specified boundary
What is Sovereignty
300
The oldest written constitution
What is US Constitution
300
Rule by the many
What is a Democracy
300
Where buyers and sellers create interest and demand
What is a market economy
300
Thomas Hobbes
What is he developed the Social Contract Theory
400
Rule by the people
What is Popular Sovereignty
400
A plan or framework for how the government is supposed to work
What is a Constitution
400
The legislature elects their own cheif executibe
What is a Parliamentary system
400
This country is the best example of capitalism
What is the US
400
He advocated that all men were born with certain rights; life, liberty, and property
What was John Locke
500
maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces decisions
What is Government
500
Groups of people who join together to try and influence the government
What are Political Parties
500
The people directly elect the chief executive
What is a Presidential system
500
The state controls certain basic industries like power, water, welfare, ect...
What is socialism
500
He argued for a "separation of powers"
Who was Montesquieu