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Chapter 1 Holt
Carroll County -Mr. C-Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is legitimacy? | The government's rightful authority over its citizens. |
| What are natural rights? | Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. |
| What is sovereignty? | The absolute authority that a government has over its citizens. |
| What does authoritarian mean? | Term used to describe the rulers who answer only to themselves, not to the people. |
| What is a representative democracy? | A form of government in which the people elect representatives to conduct the business of government for them. |
| What is a dictatorship? | A form of government in which power is concentrated in the hands of a single person or a small group of people. |
| What is a parliamentary system? | A system in which the legislature selects the chief executive (Prime Minister). |
| What is a federal system? | A system in which powers are divided among local, state, and national governments. |
| What does oligarchy mean? | "Rule by a few" |
| What is a unitary system? | A system in which all legal power is held by the national government. |
| What does autocracy mean? | "Rule by one" |
| A political unit is called a | state |
| What is law? | A set of rules made and enforced by government that is binding on society. |
| What is a social contract? | The exchange for order and peace, individual sovereignty given up to the state. |
| What is a republic? | A country in which government's authority comes solely from the people. |
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