GOVERNMENT LESSON 1 VOCABULARY

a state without government and laws

• GOVERNMENT

• DEMOCRACY

• ANARCHY

• SOCIALISM

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

• GOVERNMENT

• REPUBLIC

• NATION

• STATE

a group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes, religion

• NATION

• STATE

• COUNTRY

• GOVERNMENT

GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE A WAY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO RESOLVE THEIR CONFLICTS WITH EACH OTHER

• ELECTIONS

• NATIONAL SECURITY

• SHARED CULTURE

• COURT SYSTEM

European monarchs in the 1600s and 1700s who proclaimed that their right to rule came from God alone. The state existed to serve the demands of God.

• EVOLUTIONARY THEORY

• DIVINE RIGHT THEORY

• SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY

• FORCE THEORY

THE RULES THAT GOVERNMENTS MAKE FOR THEIR CITIZENS TO FOLLOW ARE CALLED

• BILLS

• LAWS

• INJUNCTIONS

• CONTRACTS

STATES SHARE FOUR ESSENTIAL FEATURES; POPULATION, TERRITORY, SOVEREIGNTY AND

• WEALTH

• GOVERNMENT

• LANGUAGE

• CULTURE

IN A SOCIAL CONTRACT PEOPLE GIVE UP CERTAIN FREEDOMS IN EXCHANGE FOR

• WEALTH AND SECURITY

• EDUCATION AND HEALTH

• ORDER AND SECURITY

• JOBS AND HEALTH

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES IN THE US WOULD MOST LIKELY BE PAID FOR BY A STATE GOVERNMENT INSTEAD OF A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

• ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC LAWS

• MAINTENANCE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS

• INSPECTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

• PRODUCTION OF SPY SATELLITES

A NATION CAN BECOME A STATE WHEN IT HAS WHICH ONE OF THESE

• COMMON LANGUAGE

• STANDING ARMY

• ORGANIZED GOVERNMENT

• UNIQUE CUSTOMS