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