Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
28 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Government
|
Is made up of the formal institutions an processes through which decisions are made for a group of people
|
|
|
power
|
Refers to the government authority an ability to get things done
|
|
|
Policy
|
Is any decision made by government in pursuit of a particular goal.
|
|
|
State
|
Is a political unit with the power to make and enforce laws over a group of people living within a clearly defined territory
|
|
|
Sovereignty
|
The supreme power to act within its territory an to control it's external affairs
|
|
|
politics
|
Is the process by which government makes an carries out decision
|
|
|
legitimacy
|
Right an proper.
|
|
|
divine right of kings
|
a ruler that is chosen by God or the gods has been a powerful source of legitimacy
|
|
|
Social contract theory
|
holds that the first government formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state
|
|
|
Monarchy
|
The government is headed by one person such as a king or a queen who exercises supreme authority
|
|
|
dictatorship
|
Is a system of rule I which one person a dictator or a small group of people can hold unlimited power over government
|
|
|
oligarchy
|
meaning rule by a few or an aristocracy
|
|
|
direct democracy
|
citizens met regularly in a popular assembly to discuss issues and vote for leaders
|
|
|
Republic
|
Is an indirect form of democracy that places political decision making at least one step away from the people
|
|
|
unitary system
|
sovereignty or ultimate authority rests in a single national government
|
|
|
Federal system
|
government divides power over people an territory between a national government and smaller regional levels of government
|
|
|
con federal system
|
Independent states join forces by forming a central government called confederation
|
|
|
presidential system
|
Is distinguished by having a president that is elected by the people for a limited term of office
|
|
|
parliamentary system
|
The executive an legislative branches of government are combined
|
|
|
ideal
|
Is a conception of something in its most perfect form.
|
|
|
liberty
|
The ability of people to act an think as they choose
|
|
|
equality
|
Is the principle that all people possess a fundamental moral worth that entitles them to fair treatment under the law an equal opportunity
|
|
|
self government
|
The belief that ordinary people could aspire to rule themselves an do so as political equals
|
|
|
majority rule
|
a basic principles of democracy is that decision are made by majority rule
|
|
|
minority rights
|
The political rights held by groups who make up less than half of the population
|
|
|
liberal democracy
|
such as the United states the individual rights an liberties of all people
|
|
|
free enterprise
|
allows people an business to make their own economic choices about how to best to produce an exchange goods an services
|
|
|
deez nuts
|
ha got em
|
