Foundations of Government Test

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A system of government in which a king, queen, or emperor exercises the supreme powers of government

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Monarchy

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A government that gives all key powers to the national or central government

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Unitary system

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A form of democracy in which every citizen has a say and a majority must decide.

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Direct

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A State without government or laws

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Anarchy

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The supreme and absolute authority within a territorial boundary

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Sovereignty

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Theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens

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Social Contract

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A loose union of independent states

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Confederation

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The idea of a Republican form of government including a Senate was taken from this ancient civilization by the Western World

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Rome

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The 1st document, in the west, to limit the power and the authority of the king. Signed in 1215 CE at Runnymede England.

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Magna Carta

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Author who wrote the two treatise of government, which laid out the idea that there are natural rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of property.

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Locke