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17 Cards in this Set
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government |
organizations, institutions, and individuals that exercise political authority over a group |
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politics |
means by which government s conducted |
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citizen |
a legally recognized member of a country |
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civics |
study of citizenship and government |
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state of nature |
life without government |
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natural rights |
rights everyone is born with -life -Liberty -property |
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social contract |
process of giving up some of your rights to receive protection |
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direct democracy |
(pure) public policy is directly made by the people in mass meetings |
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indirect democracy |
(representative) elect small groups of people to make decisions
-also known as a republic |
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republic |
another name for an indirect demon racy |
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dictatorship |
ruler can't be held accountable to the will of the people |
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totalitarian |
government has total control over citizens' lives |
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absolute monarchy |
King or queen has all the power |
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constitutional monarchy |
King or Queen share their powers with a parliament (monarchy is limited) |
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confederation |
alliance of independent states |
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Thomas Hobbes |
believes people are selfish -state of nature = chaos |
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John Locke |
-state of nature = state of freedom -people are good |
