American Govt. Origins and Principles

The idea that the greater number should exercise greater power.

• Majority Rule

• Popular Sovereignty

• Constituents

• Checks and Balances

A form of Government where the people have the power.

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy

A type of Government where people have the power and give their consent to be governed to the government and elect representatives to act on their behalf

• Representative Democracy

• Republic

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

The balancing of power between the national government and several regional governments.

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

What it is government?

• An institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws affecting the people under its control

• A group of people who collect taxes to help pay for their luxury vehicles

• An organization whose goal is to prepare citizens for menial jobs

• An institution created to spread religion throughout the nation

Anarchy is often referred as the _____________ to philosophers.

• Theory of Evolution

• State of Nature

• Theory of Chaos

• State of Upheaval

a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government

• nation

• state

• religion

the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries

• Mr. Vela

• power

• presidency

• sovereignty

God created the state and gave rulers the right to rule -

• Divine Right Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Force Theory

• Social Contract Theory

Person or group gains control over an area and forces all within it to submit to their rule -

• Divine Right Theory

• Evolutionary Theory

• Force Theory

• Social Contract Theory