Sovereign State

What is a state?

• A body of people with the power to make and enforce laws

• A defined space with a population

• A government with the authority to make and enforce laws

• A group of countries with a common language

What is a population?

• The group of people who are the members or citizens of a state

• The area in which a state's rule applies

• The ability to rule absolutely within a territory

• The organization inside a state that controls the actions and policies

What is a territory?

• The group of people who are the members or citizens of a state

• The area in which a state's rule applies

• The ability to rule absolutely within a territory

• The organization inside a state that controls the actions and policies

What is sovereignty?

• The group of people who are the members or citizens of a state

• The area in which a state's rule applies

• The ability to rule absolutely within a territory

• The principle that all states are considered equal and no state may interfere in the affairs of another state

What is the role of a government?

• Making laws, protecting the state, keeping order, and providing services

• Enforcing laws, defending the state, maintaining order, and providing services

• Creating laws, safeguarding the state, ensuring order, and offering services

• Establishing laws, securing the state, maintaining order, and delivering services

What is the highest authority of a state?

• The United Nations

• The government

• The population

• The organization

What can cause boundaries between states to change?

• War, negotiation, and purchase

• Dispute, negotiation, and agreement

• Conflict, discussion, and acquisition

• Battle, conversation, and transaction

What is the purpose of the United Nations?

• To create higher authorities for states

• To enforce rules for dealing with other states

• To establish foreign policies for states

• To protect populations from military force