Chapter 1 Review

The supreme power to act within one's own territory and control one's external affairs

• Legitimacy 
• Sovereignty
• Divine right
• Power

Any decision made by government in pursuit of a particular goal

• State
• Power
• Policy
• Politics

The formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made for a group of people

• Government
• Politics
• Legitimacy
• Social Contract Theory

A political unit with the power to make and enforce laws over a group of people living within a clearly defined territory

• Sovereign State
• Population
• Government
• Policy

The right to rule according to important segments of a nation's population

• Sovereignty
• Politics
• Oligarghy
• Legitimacy

To disagree with a monarch is to disagree with God

• Legitimacy
• Divine Right of Kings
• Rightful Rule
• Social Contract Theory

Though rare today, the most common form of rule in world history has been:

• Democracy
• Dictatorship
• Republic
• Monarchy

In a __________ the people elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.

• Direct democracy
• Congress
• Republic
• Unitary System

A ________, such as the one used by the United States, divides power between a national government and smaller, regional levels of government.

• Unitary System
• Sovereign System
• Federal System
• Confederal System

According to some observers, it is easier to pass laws in a:

• Presidential System
• Parliamentary System