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Gov't: 1.1-1.3 Quiz
1.1-1.3 Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| state | a political community that occupies a definite territory, has an organized gov't, and has sovereignty |
| nation | a sizable group of people that share common bonds of race, language, customs, and religion |
| sovereignty | has supreme and absolute authority w/in its territorial boundaries |
| what are examples of a state? | Canada Iran Japan USA |
| what are examples of a nation? | Flemings Kurds Palestinians French Canadians |
| what are the 4 main purposes/functions of gov't? | Maintain Social Order Provides Public Services Provides National Security Makes Economic Decisions |
| evolutionary theory | describes how states originated from "the family", which is believed to have served as a gov't |
| force theory | gov't was formed by people working together to build protected and strong states under the authority of one person/group |
| divine right theory | the first states were created by God and the people that ruled these states were descendents of God |
| social contract theory | the people of the state surrendered themselves, in return, the gov't maintained power and gave the people protection |
| who created the SCT? | Thomas Hobbes |
| economic system | the organized way that g/s are produced, distributed, and consumed w/in a society |
| direct democracy | the people govern themselves by voting on issues individually as citizens |
| representative democracy | the people elect representatives and give them the responsibility/power to make laws and conduct gov't |
| republic | voters hold sovereign power |
| presidential gov't | the office of the president to carry out laws |
| parliamentary gov't | executive and legislative functions both reside in the elected assembly or parliament |
| monarchy | a king, queen, or emperor exercises the supreme powers in gov't |
| constitutional monarch | shares governmental powers w/ elected legislatures or serve mainly as the ceremonial leaders of their gov'ts |
| absolute monarch | have complete and unlimited power to rule their people |
| autocracy | the power/authority to rule are in the hands of a single individual |
| oligarchy | any system of gov't in which a small group holds power |
| totalitarian | the ideas of a single leader or group of leaders are glorified |
| authoritarian | have limited power, seek political control, but leave people to themselves |
| theocracy | a gov't dominated by religion |
| federal system | divides the powers of gov't between the national gov't and state/provincial gov'ts |
| confederacy | a loose union of independent states |
| unitary system | gives all key powers to the national or central gov't |
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