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Unit 1

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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Definition
show statements are based on facts and statistics  
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show statement that makes a value judgement  
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Correlation   show
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Causation   show
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show index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development  
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GDP   show
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show a system that creates and enforces laws, makes decisions and maintains control  
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show how a government is organized, who has power to make decisions  
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show set of institutions that maintain control over a given territory  
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Nation   show
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Regime   show
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Sovereignty   show
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show all the laws set in place in a society that supersedes the actions and statements of original rulers (everyone is under the law)  
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Rule By Law   show
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show Ability to direct the behavior of others through coercion, persuasion, or leadership.  
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show Legal right exercise power on behalf of society and/or gov't  
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Federal   show
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show powers held by subnational levels of government are delegated by the central government, and no powers are reserved to the subnational level  
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show the decentralization of national/central power to local units of government.  
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Legitimacy   show
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Coercion   show
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show when a government allows citizens several points of access for obtaining information about governmental actions.  
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