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USG CH.1 STUDY GUIDE
Foundations in Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A system in which the government regulates private enterprise | mixed economy |
| an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions | communist state |
| theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens | social contract theory |
| it shares power among different levels of government while still having centralized power | federal system advantages |
| welfare, food stamps, control on rent | economic assistance |
| a group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates | political parties |
| decisions are made according to what the majority of the people want | majority rule |
| no one is above the law | rule of law |
| each branch on government can check and balance each other out | checks and balances |
| when people needed to cooperate to survive but could become organized only when one or more people took control (use violence) | force theory |
| notion of state evolved from the family | evolutionary theory |
| the idea that people are choose by god/gods to rule | divine right theory |
| the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries | sovereignty |
| federal government-buyer of goods/services, regulating industries, and set up social security system | American mixed economy |
| citizen participation, regular free and fair elections, accepting the results of elections, the rule of law, majority rule with minority rights, accountability, transparency, limited abuse or power, economic freedom, equality, individual or human rights | 14 principles of democracy |
| the action of leading a group of people of an organization | leadership |
| English philosopher who believed people surrendered power to the state for freedom and security | Thomas Hobbes |
| to check and balance the legislative branch | purpose of presidential veto |
| state controls factories production rates | Command economy |
| people have natural rights and trust the government to uphold these rights | John Locke's definition of social contract |
| providing leadership, maintaining order, providing public services, providing national security, and providing economic security and assistance | functions of government |
| democracy, monarchy, and authoritarian | characteristics of government |
| only people with a lot of money and power would rule | affects of a democracy becoming oligarchy |
| everyone can vote | truly democratic elections |
| socialism; governments control and distribute products, capitalism; incentives and free enterprise | socialism vs capitalism goals |
| make its own laws and policies | sovereignty in a state |
| economic security | socialists aspects of America's mixed economy |
| government doesn't interfere with the economy, wages of workers, prices of goods | pure capitalist system |
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