Mathis quiz
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| The institution through which the state, nation, or community maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces decisions that are binding on all people that live under its jurisdiction. | show 🗑
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| The idea that government grew out of the primitive family because the head(s) of the primitive family served as the governing body; the parent(s) acted as the authority figure for the rest of the family. | show 🗑
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| The idea that more advanced government emerged when people within a large area were brought under the authority of one person or group; the ruler(s) typically maintained power through the threat of violence. | show 🗑
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| The belief that the authority to rule over a territory has been bestowed upon someone or some group by a god or group of gods. | show 🗑
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| The idea that people within a territory have consented to the authority of the government and its social rules either explicitly or tacitly (implied). | show 🗑
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| show | Authoritative Powers
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| When the government or one of its agents uses the threat of force to gain compliance from its citizens. | show 🗑
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| The links between people and institutions working cooperatively to keep society stable. | show 🗑
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| show | Public Services
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| show | National Security
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| show | Federal System
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| show | Constitution (“Little ‘c’”)
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| show | Politics
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| A group or organization seeking special advantages from the government, typically through political lobbying or campaign donations. | show 🗑
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| A system of government run by one person with absolute power – dictator, king/queen, czar/czarina, emperor/empress. | show 🗑
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| show | Oligarchy
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| show | Democracy
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| A form of democracy in which all policies and laws are decided by a majority of the citizens; all eligible citizens have a voice and a vote on all matters political, there is no elected representative body. | show 🗑
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| show | Representative Democracy: A form of democracy whereby political power is controlled by
elected representatives chosen by the citizens of a territory.
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| Rights citizens are free to exercise that government cannot intrude upon. | show 🗑
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| A group of likeminded people who organize in order to acquire and exercise political power in a territory. | show 🗑
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| show | Loyal Opposition
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| show | Social Consensus
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