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Key Concepts and Greek Gods
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11th Grade
01/30/2008

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power 
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the ability to get people or groups to do what they otherwise would not do through coercion, persuasion, or leadership.
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state
Definition
All individuals and institutions that excert power and make public policy through direct action or political participation whether they are in the government or not
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government
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the leadership oin power or hold authority at a particular moment in as state roughly akin to an american administration
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nation
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the priamrily psychological sense of identification with a people because of culture, geography, or linguistic ties
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executive
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the people and agencies which implement or execute government policy
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legislative
Definition
the political structure that passes laws
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judicial
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the political structure athat adjudicates cases and applies the law
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judicicial review
Definition
the power of the courts to modify or nullify the actions of the  legislatures and executive
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separation of powers
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the system of government twhere power id divided into several structures- edxecutive, legislative, and judicial- with the ability to check the power of the other structures
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regime
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the institution and practices that endure from government to government
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ideology
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the set of beliefs or convictions that (1) identify progblems in a political culture, (2) explain wehy they exist, and (3) prescribe a cure for the problems
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sovereignty
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independent legal authority over a population in a particular place
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rule of law
Definition
a system that operates according to a predictable known, and visible set of law and procedures
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politics
Definition
the process through which groups of people governm themselves or are governed through authority
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legitimacy
Definition
the belief the authority is properly ruling
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supranational organization
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an international organization that a state may surrender sovereignty to in order to prusue a broader regional or global purpose
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state building concerns
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all states must deal with five interlocking concerns (1) solving identity concerns; (2) building and maintaining legitimacy (3) responding to citizen participation and (4) distributing the states's resources
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unitary state
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regimes in which sub national units have littler or no power
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federal state
Definition
constitutional practice in which sub national units are granted considerable power
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political culture
Definition
the collection of history, values, beliefs, assumptions, attitudes, traditions, and symbols that define and influence political behavvior with a state
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political socialization
Definition
the institutions and methods of developing and reinforcing significant public beliefs, attitudes and practices
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public policy
Definition
the decisions mady by a state that define what it will do
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political party
Definition
an organized group of people with their primarypurpose of electing its members, promoting a particular ideology, or advancing a particular issue
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democracy
Definition
power by the people or as John Locke once said a government that has the consent of the people
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democratization
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the spread of representative govenrment to more countries and process of making governments more representative
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globalization
Definition
the increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of people, clutures, economies, and nation state facilitated by technology , trade and cultural diffusion
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revolution
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a process by which a political regime is overthrown and replaced because of broad popular support and fundamental economic, social, or political  changes are made
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Zeus
Definition
Jupiter, supreme God
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Hera
Definition
Juno, godess of marriage
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poseidon
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Neptune, god of the sea
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Hades
Definition
Pluto, god of the underworld, god of wealth
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Athena
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Minerva, godess of stategic warfare, and arts and crafts
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Apollo
Definition
sun god, god of archery, healing, and truth
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Artemis
Definition
Diana, godess of hunting and of young girls, also of moon
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aphrodite
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venus, godess of love and beauty
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hermes
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mercury, the messenger god, god of commerce
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Ares
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Mars, God of brutal warfare
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Hephaestus
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Vulcan, ugly and lame, god of the forge
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Hestia
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Vespa, godess of the hearth
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Cupid
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Eros, god of love or love itself
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