Unit 1 Review

Front

God created the State and that God had given those of royal birth and the right to rule

Back

Divine Right Theory

Front

One person or a small group claimed control over an area and forced all within to submit to that person's or group's rule

Back

Force Theory

Front

Claims the state developed naturally out of the earliest group unit, the family

Back

Evolutionary Theory

Front

People voluntarily came together and created the state. Agreed to give up power in exchange for safety

Back

Social Contract Theory

Front

A government in which all the powers are held by a central agency which then gives out the remainder of the powers to local government for its own convenience

Back

Unitary

Front

A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite group

Back

Oligarchy

Front

A government in which the president is directly elected by the people

Back

Presidential

Front

A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power

Back

Autocracy

Front

The supreme political authority rests with the people and the citizens themselves.

Back

Democracy

Front

An alliance of independent states.

Back

Confederation