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Unit One: Foundations of Government
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12th Grade
09/15/2015

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Aristotle
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Greek philosopher; pupil of Plato, tutor of Alexander the Great
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State
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a territory, or one the territories, of government
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Government
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political control, direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc
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Evolutionary Theory
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Charles Darwin; by natural selection organisms carrying heritable traits to better the survive of the species
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Force Theory
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dominant person or a group of people take control of an area including laws, beliefs, etc
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Divine Right Theory
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Political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy; the right to rule from the right of God
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Social Contract Theory
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is the view that the persons' moral/political obligations are dependent upon a contract
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leviathan
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a philsophical work by Thomas Hobbes; political organization of society
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Two Treatises on Government
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a work of political philosophy published by John Locke
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John locke
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English philosopher who wrote two treatises of the government; he reasoned that the government should be overthrown if it did not protect the natural rights of people
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Thomas Hobbes
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englsih political philosopher, absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that resolve problems by human beings
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Autocracy
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a system of government by one person with absolute power
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Unitary Systems of Government
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a sovereign state; governed as single entity
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Confederary
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a league of alliance, especially of confederate states
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Federal Systems of Government
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sovereighty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and states
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Oligarchy
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a small group of people having control of a country, organization
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Theocracy
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a system of government in which priest rule in the name of God
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Anarchy
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political disorder
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Democracy
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a system of government by the population of a state, typically through elected representatives
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Adan Smith
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British moral philosopher,pioneer of political economy
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