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30 Cards in this Set
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first student of government |
Aristotle |
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examples of states according to text book definition |
Any Country-United States |
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a polticial community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government with the power to make and enfore laws without approval from any higher authority |
State |
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4 essential features of government |
1. population 2. territory 3. sovereignty 4. government |
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power divided between state and federal government |
Federal System |
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all powers given to federal government |
Unitary System |
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plan that provides rules for country |
Constitution |
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statement sets forth goals |
Preamble |
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system of gov't where king, queen, or emperor rule |
Monarchy |
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nations with large industries |
developed countries |
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system of government in which power is in the hands of one individual leader |
Autocracy |
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free enterprise combined with and supported by government decisions |
mixed market |
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rule by few people |
Oligarchy |
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system of gov't in which rule is by the people |
Democracy |
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people govern themselves by voting on direct issue |
Direct Democracy |
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human efforts to satisfy seemingly unlimited wants through limited resources |
Economics |
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what type economy do communist countries have |
command |
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power comes from God |
divine right theory |
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theory that by contract people surrender to the state power maintain by others |
social contract theory |
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government emerged when all people of an area were brought under the authority of one person or group |
force theory |
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theory originated from the primitive family dating back to Abraham and his descendants |
Evolutionary theory |
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father of communism |
Karl Marx |
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4 Purposes of Gov't |
1. Maintain social order 2. providing social service 3. providing national security 4. Making economic decisions |
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3 purposes of a constitution |
1. set out ideals that the people bound by the constitution believe in share 2. est. basic structure of gov't defires gov't powers and duties 3. provides supreme law for the country |
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how are devoloping nations interdependent with industralized nations |
they recieved aid from industrialized countries-medical,military,monetary etc |
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gov't might provide nation security |
protecting people from outside attacks- terrorism |
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public services a govt will provide |
police, FBI, department of homeland security |
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problems may exist in countries that have unwritten constitution |
unorganized and can easily be changed |
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marx believe would happen in a true communist economy |
one class would evolve, property would be held in common |
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role of govt in a laissez-faire economic system |
leave it alone except in cases of monopoly |
