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| Where can the beginnings of government be traced back to? |
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| one of the first students of government |
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| You cannot have an established government without having what? |
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| What are the four characteristics that must be present to be considered a state? |
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| population, territory, sovereignty, government |
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| Which of the four characteristics that must be present to be considered a state is the most obvious? |
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| Which of the four characteristics that must be present to be considered a state is the most important? |
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| What is the north border of the US |
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| What is the south border of the US? |
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| What is the east border of the US? |
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| What is the west border of the US? |
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| What are the three factors the can change boundaries? |
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| war, purchase, negotiation |
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| What are the four theories that help explain how states came about? |
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| evolutionary theory, force theory, social-contract theory, divine-right theory |
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| theory that says states evolved from family |
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| theory that says states came about as a result of something drastic that requires them to come together under one person |
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| theory that says a go for gods chose certain people to rule |
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| theory that opposed the divine right theory by saying the origin of the state was in a social contract |
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| Who believed that the people surrendered to the state the power needed to maintain order and th citizens could not break the contract |
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| Who took the social contract theory a step further b saying the the people could break the agreement if the gov did not protect its people? |
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| maintain social order, provide public services, national security, making economic decisons |
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| What can the relationship between the three levels of gov be described as |
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| In what kind of system can the national gov create state and local governments but the them limited sovereignty |
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| Which system has some sovereignty on each level and developed in the US when the 13 colonies became states |
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| What did the US have before a federal system? |
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| purpose of the constitution |
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| states the ideas shared by the people, sets up the structure of gov, defines powers an responsibilities, supreme law of the land |
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| What is another name for a constitutional gov and why? |
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| limite gov bc limits are placed on gov officials |
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| Why is the constitution considered an incomplete guide? |
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| no written constitution can spell out all laws, customs, and ideas (FDR 22nd amend) and does not reflect the actual practice of government in a country (china) |
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| three parts of constitution |
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preamble-intro
articles-body
amendments-changes |
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| three major groups of gov |
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| autocracy, oligarchy, democracy |
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| which type of gov is like a dictatorship with power and authority in a single individual |
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| which type of gov is like communism with a small group who has power in in gov |
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| which type of gov is ruled by the people |
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| Characteristics of a democracy |
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| individual liberties, majority rule with minority rights, free elections, competing political parties |
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| criteria needed to ensure the t democracy is maintained |
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active citizen participation
stable, growing economy
widespread education
strong, civil society independent of the gov
social consensus |
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| What are the two major economic resources |
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| Who regulates how resources are used? |
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| Because of limited resources, all economic systems must answer 3 questions |
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| What are the three major economic systems |
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| capitalism, socialism, communism |
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| which economic system is based on free enterprise |
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| the US has a mixed market economy because |
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| it uses free enterprise and gov regulations |
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| which economic systems goal is to spread wealth equally |
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| which economic system wants gov to own all land and businesses |
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| Who wrote the Communist Manifesto |
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| Who believed in violent revolution because power struggle existed between the bourgeoisie and proletariat |
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