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chapter 1 govt

Question	Answer
four essential features of a state	population, area with boundries, sovereignty, and government
four purposes of a government	maintain order, provide services for the people, protect people from attack, and pass laws that shake and control the economy
four theories on the origin of state	evolved from family group, came from 1 person or group by force to establish power, ruler chosen by gods (mandate of heaven), and people gave government power to rule for government to protect their rights
three purposes of a constitution	set out ideals that the people are bound by the constitution on beliefs and shares, establishes the basic structure of government and defines the governments, powers, and duties, and provides the supreme law for the country
free elections with competing political parties	democracy
power derived from wealth, military power, social position, or religion	oligarchy
totalitarian dictatorship	autocracy
power and authority to rule in the hands of a single individual	autocracy
rule by a small group	oligarchy
individual liberty	democracy
the governments of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph for example	autocracy
attempts to distribute wealth and economic opportunity equally	socialism
free enterprise	capitalism
public ownership of most land, factories, and other means of production	socialism
state owned land, natural resources, industry, banks, and transportation facilities; state controlled mass media	communism
private ownership and control of property and economic resources	capitalism
idea originated by Karl Marx	communism
government provides social services	socialism
government decides how much to produce, what to produce, and how to distribute goods and services	communism
capitalism	competition among businesses
sovereignty	this term refers to a state's authority to conduct internal affairs without seeking approval from other nations.
federal system	in this political system the national government and regional governments share powers
constitution	this term describes a written or unwritten plan of government
politics	this term describes the effort to control or influence government conduct and policies
laissez-faire policy	the government does nothing to interfere with this economy
representative democracy	in this political system, people delegate to elected officials the power to govern
social consensus	this term refers to the general agreement among most people about values
mixed-market economy	this economic system combines free enterprise with government regulation

Created by: kriswondra on 2010-09-05

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