Chapter 1 Government

a state’s government makes and enforces its own laws without approval from any other authority.

• Legitimacy

• Sovereignty

• Constitution

• Democracy

Governments provide some sort of domestic security force such as police or a national guard to enforce laws and to keep peace. Which function is this?

• Maintain Order

• Provide Leadership

• Provide National Security

• Provide Economic Security

Characteristics of a state include: Population, Territory, Sovereignty, and?

• Official Religion

• Official Language

• Law

• Government

A state must have a population size of

• 100,000 people

• 10,000 people

• There is not a certain amount

• 200,000 people

When people give power to the state to maintain order, which origin of theory is this?

• Evolutionary

• Divine Right

• Force

• Social Contract

When all the people in an area were brought under the authority of 1 person or group, is which origin of theory?

• Evolutionary

• Force

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

Gives all key power to the central government

• Unitary System

• Confederate System

• Federal System

A loose union of independent and sovereign states

• Unitary System

• Confederate System

• Federal System

the king or head shares little to no power.

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Direct Monarchy

• Anarchy

Divides the powers of government between the national and state or provincial governments.

• Unitary System

• Confederal System

• Federal System