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Government Definiton |
The governing body of a nation, state, or community. |
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Purposes of Government |
Conflict Resolution Decision-Making ect... |
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Parlimanentary Systems |
the head of state is normally a different person from the head of government. This is in contrast to a presidential system in a democracy, where the head of state often is also the head of government,
monarch |
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Federalism |
a system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (such as states or provinces). |
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Constitutional Structures |
Constitutional government is defined by the existence of a constitution |
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Unitary Structures |
most or all of the governing power resides in a centralized government. It contrasts with a federal system |
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What is the largest desert in the world? |
The Sahara Desert
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The Sahara Desert is so large that it splits Africa into two regions which lie ...? |
within and north of the Sahara or south of the Sahara |
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During the nineteenth century, China fought the 1st and 2nd Opium Wars to prevent...? |
The British from requiring China to import British Opium from India |
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Mainland Europe's only active volcano, Mt. Vesuvius has not had a major destructive eruption in nearly 2,000 years. How should nearby cities react? |
Improve warning and evacuation systems |
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Poorer countries produce agricultural crops called cash crops which are the help of foreign assistance that is most often in the form of...? |
Bank Loans |
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Cartography is... |
the art, science and technology of creating globes
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The 18th Amendment does not allow cruel and unusual punishment, such as and including... |
deprivation of a natural-born citizen of his or her citizenship |
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Well-developed Native American population living in the Arctic regions of North America is given what collective name. |
Inutis |
