6th Period - 12th Grade US Government - Flashcard #2

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A government in which the responsibility of the exercising of power is held by one person or a small group.

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Dictatorship

Front

What can be defined as a body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, and with the power to make and enforce laws without the consent of any higher power?

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state

Front

Which government is elected by the people. Everyone who has the right to vote and the power rests with a majority of the people.

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Democracy

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_______ is the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region or the total number of individuals occupying an area or making up a whole

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population

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__________ is an area of land that is under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.

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territory

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When each state has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign or domestic policies. Each state is sovereign.

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sovereignty

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_______ is the management of public affairs; government. It is the management of any office, business, or organization. It is the function of a political state in exercising its government duties.

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Administration

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What does the Force Theory suggest?

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Individuals or groups moving into a territory taking power by force and claiming control over a territory.

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What did the Evolutionary Theory suggest?

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As families grew in size, the heads and elders of these families became the governing body of their society.

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What does the Divine Right Theory suggest?

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That God created the state and that the people were bound to obey their ruler as they would God.