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US Gov Ch 1

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In the most stable states, the population shares a general political and social consensus
Population _____ has caused political power in the United States to shift from inner cities to suburban areas. mobility
The U.S. has extended its boundaries through war, purchase, and ____ negotiations
means the willingness of citizens to obey the government legitimacy
is often the cause of conflict between the poor and rich in society scarcity
wrote that in a "state of nature," no government existed and life was "cruel, brutish, and short." Thomas Hobbes
the national government has the key powers and can create state and local governments unitary
sets forth the goals of the government Preamble
Karl Marx called owners of the means of production the ____ bourgeoisie
The ________ limits the president to two elected terms. Twenty Second Amendment
Within a few years of ratifying the Constitution, ______ began to play key roles in elections. political parties
have advnaced technology that provides a more comfortable life than developing nations do industrialized nations
corporations that are huge companies with offices and factories in many countries multinational corporations
Japan's government constitutional monarchy
enact laws of a representative democracy within the legislative body. majority of lawmakers
Rival ___ give voters a choice among candidates and simplify issues. political parties
gives people an opportunity to control their economic decisions and therefore to make political decisions free enterprise
the study of human efforts to satisfy unlimited wants with limited resources economics
sellers compete with one another to produce goods and services free enterprise economy
combines free enterprise and government decisions in the marketplace mixed-market economy
Sweden operates under democratic socialism
interpreted history as a class struggle between workers and owners. Karl Marx
one of the first students of government Aristotle
a political community state
an independent state or country nation
social contract Thomas Hobbes
task of government national security
the state evolved from family evolutionary theory
social contract theorist John Locke
plan for government constitution
defines government power constitutional law
king, queen, or emperor rules monarchy
a civil society helps democracy to prosper
free market theorist Adam Smith
United States system mixed-market economy
wront on communism Karl Marx
characteristic of capitalism freedom of choice
supreme and absolute authority sovereignty
origin of the state in family evolutionary theory
one purpose of government provide essential services
statement in the constitution preamble
totalitarian dictatorship a form of autocracy
United States government representative democracy
requirement of democracy majority rule
a hands-off attitude laissez-faire
public ownership of most land socialism
communism command economy
national government has key powers unitary system
loose union of independent states confederacy
divides power federal system
limits on government power constitutional government
nations depending on one another interdependence
ruled by one person autocracy
ruled by a few persons oligarchy
ruled by many persons democracy
Democrats and Republicans political parties
network of voluntary associations civil society
free enterprise system capitalism
bourgeoisie capitalists
proletariat workers
communism command economy
laissez-faire hands-off policy
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