Government Vocabulary

What is a body of people, living in a defined space, with the power to make and enforce laws, and with an organization to do this?

• State

• Country

• Territory

What is a group of people who are members or citizens of a state?

• Population

• Citizens

• Rulers

What is the area in which the state's rule applies, set boundaries?

• Territory

• Boundaries

• Land

What is the ability to rule absolutely within a territory?

• Sovereignty

• Government

• King

What is the organization inside a state that controls the actions and policies of the state?

• Government

• Laws

• Rules

What are the four main roles of government?

What was Locke's belief of life with no rules, no one in charge, and no way for people to protect their natural rights?

• State of Nature

• Natural Rights

• State of Chaos

What means that people want to own things that help them survive, such as land, food and tools?

• Life

• Liberty

• Property

What right means that people want to be as free as possible to make their own decisions?

• Life

• Liberty

• Property

What is the right where people want to live and will fight to survive?

• Life

• Liberty

• Property