Foundations of Government_1

A state without government and laws

• Anarchy

• Government

• Nation

• State

an institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws

• Anarchy

• Government

• Nation

• State

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

• Anarchy

• Government

• Nation

• State

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

• Anarchy

• Government

• Nation

• State

the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries

• Sovereignty

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

• Unitary System

the idea that people are chosen by a god or gods to rule.

• Sovereignty

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

• Unitary System

theory that by contract, people surrender to the state the power to rule

• Sovereignty

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

• Unitary System

a government that gives all key powers to the national or central government

• Sovereignty

• Divine Right

• Social Contract

• Unitary System

a loose union of independent states

• Confederacy

• Federal System

• Constitution

• Authoritarian

a government that divides the powers of government between the national and the state.

• Confederacy

• Federal System

• Constitution

• Authoritarian