Foundations of Government Vocab Check

A State without government or laws

• Anarchy

• Federalism

• Divine Right

• Chaos

The supreme and absolute authority within a territorial boundary

• County

• State

• Sovereignty

• Government

Theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order and the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

• Evolution

• Force

A government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments.

• unitary system

• totalitarian system

• egalitarian system

• federal system

A plan of government. Provides rules or laws the government must follow

• constitution

• preamble

• republic

• authoritarianism

A system of government in which the government has total control

• Authoritarian

• Totalitarian

• Republican

• Monarchy

An economic system that emphasizes freedom of choice and individual incentive

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Traditionalism

• Laissez Faire

An Economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions

• bourgeoisie

• proletariat

• communism

• free market

A government in which voters hold sovereign power, elected representatives, responsible to the people, exercise that power

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Republic

• Direct Democracy

A loose union of independent states

• Constitution

• Republic

• Unitary System

• Confederation