Go on. Explore!

lvl 0 • 0 xp

lvl 1

Home Market Decks Interests

Foundations of Government

memorize.ai (lvl 286)

(0)

19 cards

()

Section 1

Preview this deck

Confederation

Front

1 / 19

Government Politics

0.0

0 reviews

5			0
4			0
3			0
2			0
1			0

Active users

All-time users

Favorites

Last updated

6 years ago

Date created

Mar 1, 2020

Cards (19)

Section 1

(19 cards)

Confederation

Front

a system of government in which independent countries unite and give some power to central government

Back

What are the characteristics of a state

Front

Population, Territory, Sovereignty, and Government.

Back

Dictatorship

Front

A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority.

Back

Constitution

Front

A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society

Back

Social Contract Theory

Front

belief that an agreement exists among the members society and the government defining and limiting the rights and duties of each; developed by Hobbes and Locke

Back

Monarchy

Front

A government ruled by a king or queen

Back

Federal

Front

a government where power is shared between a central government and several state or local governments.

Back

Divine right theory

Front

Belief that God created the state and made it sovereign giving the king the right to rule

Back

Theocracy

Front

government run by religious leaders

Back

Thomas Hobbes

Front

believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority

Back

Unitary government

Front

Power is in a single central agency; the central government dictates to local units of government

Back

Oligarchy

Front

a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

Back

representative democracy

Front

Citizens choose people to represent their interests in government; representatives make laws and policy for the citizens.

Back

Democracy

Front

Government for and by the people; government based on individual rights and freedoms.

Back

John Locke

Front

Believed that government existed to protect citizens' rights; encouraged people to break away from a government that violated these rights; the social contract; big influence on the Declaration

Back

sovereignty

Front

when a state has Supreme power and does not have to answer to a higher authority

Back

Force

Front

Theory that people were forced to submit to an individual's rule

Back

government

Front

the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

Back

Evolutionary Theory

Front

The state developed out of the early primitive family in which one person was the head.

Back