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Question 1

What is made up of the formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made for a group of people?

Answer 1

Government

Question 2

Three main components of government:

Answer 2

People, Power, Policy

Question 3

Two types of people in government:

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Elected officials and public servants

Question 4

Any decision made by government in pursuit of a particular goal?

Answer 4

Policy

Question 5

A policy can take the form of:

Answer 5

A law, a government program, or a set of government actions

Question 6

Political unit with the power to make and enforce laws over a group of people living within a clearly defined territory

Answer 6

State

Question 7

All states are characterized as having four traits:

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Population
Territory
Government
Sovereignty

Question 8

One of the world’s smallest states:

Answer 8

Tuvalu

Question 9

Which province in China has 1 billion people?

Answer 9

Henan Province

Question 10

World’s chief body for international cooperation:

Answer 10

United Nations

Question 11

What includes independence from other states as well as the freedom to establish a form of government?

Answer 11

Sovereignty

Question 12

How does a state limit the sovereign power of their governments?

Answer 12

Constitution

Question 13

Our government serves five functions:

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Ensure National Security
Maintain Order
Resolve Conflict
Provide Services
Provide for Public Good

Question 14

There are three main theories of rule:

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Divine Right
Natural Law and Natural Rights
The Social Contract

Question 15

The idea of _________ is based on a system of rules derived from the natural world

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Natural Law

Question 16

What holds that the first governments formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state?

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The Social Contract Theory

Question 17

Who believed that in order to protect natural rights from government interference government power had to be limited, or subject to certain restrictions?

Answer 17

Locke

Question 18

Who believed that humans lived independent lives in the state of nature, but they were happy, good, and free?

Answer 18

Rousseau

Question 19

Ruled by a monarch, usually a king or queen, who belongs to a royal family

Power is inherited

Absolute monarchs have unlimited power

Answer 19

Monarchy

Question 20

Based on the idea that there are limits to the rightful of a government over its citizens

Power of the monarch is limited by law; the real power lies in another branch of government

May coexist with other forms of government such as a representative democracy

Monarchy is an example of autocracy, any form of government in which a single individual- an autocrat- controls most governing decisions

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Constitutional Monarchy

Question 21

Single dictator or a small group holds absolute authority and makes all decision

Violence and force used to maintain rule

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Dictatorship

Question 22

Dictator holds ultimate authority

Government tightly controls all aspects of life- political, social, and economic

No formal or informal limits on government

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Totalitarian Regimes

Question 23

Small group of people make most government decisions for their own benefit

Membership in the ruling group may be based on wealth, family, or military power

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Oligarchy

Question 24

Rulers claim to represent and be directed by a set of religious ideas

Laws are rooted in a particular religion or religious doctrine

Government power is unlimited

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Theocracy

Question 25

The term democracy means:

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Rule by the People

Question 26

Government by the people; citizens are the ultimate source of government authority Citizens come together to discuss and pass laws and select leaders Works best in small communities

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Direct Democracy

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Indirect form of democracy; citizens elect representatives to make government decisions on their behalf Representatives elected for set terms

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Representative Democracy

Question 28

In what system does sovereignty, or ultimate authority, rest in a single, national government?

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Unitary System

Question 29

In Unitary systems, most national governments consist of a number of smaller administrative units like:

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States, cities, provinces

Question 30

What system divides power over people and territory between a national government and smaller regional levels of governments?

Answer 30

Federal System

Question 31

Another word for Federal system; is the actual idea of the system

Answer 31

Federalism

Question 32

In what do system independent states join forces by forming a central government, called a confederation?

Answer 32

Confederate System

Question 33

The states keep full control over their own territories and people The states however will delegate limited powers to a central government to pursue areas of common interest

Answer 33

Confederate System

Question 34

What was the first Constitution of the United States?

Answer 34

Articles of Confederation

Question 35

In the US, the president may be commander in chief of the armed forces, but most only ________ can declare war

Answer 35

Congress

Question 36

In a Parliamentary system the _________ ________ and __________ _________ of gov’t are combined

Answer 36

Executive Branch and Legislative Branch

Question 37

Who leads in a parliamentary system instead of a President?

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Prime Minister

Question 38

Once selected, the prime minister appoints ________ ________ from the ranks of the majority party

Answer 38

Cabinet Members

Question 39

What type of vote can remove the prime minister from office?

Answer 39

Vote of no confidence

Question 40

What are the core ideas of American Democracy?

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Liberty, equality, and self-government

Question 41

Idea of the ability of people to act and think as they choose, so long as their choices do no harm to the liberty or well-being of others

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Liberty

Question 42

What is the principle that all people possess a fundamental, moral worth that entitles them to fair treatment under the law and equal opportunity in all aspects of life- political, social, and economics

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Equality

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The belief that ordinary people could aspire to rule themselves and do so as political equals

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self-government

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Basic Principle of Democracy:

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decisions are made by majority rule

Question 45

political rights held by groups who make up less than half of the population

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Minority rights

Question 46

In what type of democracy are the individual rights and liberties of all people, including those in the minority, protected

Answer 46

Liberal democracy

Question 47

Key principle of democracy:

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Compromise

Question 48

allows for people and business to make their own economic choices about how to best produce, distribute, and exchange goods and services with limited interference from government

Answer 48

Free Enterprise