The legal right or power to give orders and enforce rules.

Institutions and officials organized to establish and carry out public policy

The ability to cause others to behave as they might not otherwise choose to do.

The quality of being accepted as an authority, often applied to laws or those in power.

A product or service that is available for all people to consume, whether they pay for it or not. Such as: Roads, schools, etc...

A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality. In order for it to exist, it must have these FOUR features: 1. Territory, 2. Population, 3. Legitimate Laws/Gov't, and 4. Sovereignty

The process and method of making decisions for groups. Although generally applied to governments, politics is also observed in all human interactions.

The quote "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" is best reflected by which term?

Regarding the 5 sources of power/the power to rule, which source is described by the following: Power springs from the power holder's ability to punish or penalize others?

Regarding the 5 sources of power/the power to rule, which source is described by the following: Power flows from the power holder's ability to persuade or influence others?

The TWO key powers that are essential for providing protection and public goods include?

Another name for money from taxes is?

Citizens and the government control all production of goods. People are more equal.

These people formed a self-appointed government to take care of themselves. What form of government do they represent?

Workers overthrow the rich, and the government has complete control. What type of government would this be?

My people love me, but I also do not allow them to speak poorly of me. I control what my people see, do, and where they go. What type of government am I representing?

What type of government does the United States have?

Someone becomes the ruler of their country only because they inherited it from their family. What form of government is this?

What System of Government does the United States have - power is divided between the national government and regional/state governments?

What system of government is shown in the image?

This system has a strong central government and the states/regions only have powers delegated to them.

Which is NOT an example of direct democracy?

This system of government allows representatives to pick their governments leader (Examples of a leader would include Governor, President, or Prime Minister)

What is the main DIFFERENCE between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?

Oligarchy is known as:

From 1948-1994, official policy in South

Africa gave white people all the political

power. Even though the majority of South

Africans were black, non-whites could not

influence government. White South

Africans elected representatives to sit in a

lawmaking body. What forms of government did South Africa have?

What concepts represents the idea of Enlightenment ?

Brazil is led by a president who is elected by the citizens. Citizens in Brazil elect a new president every four years. Citizens also elect representatives to serve in two different legislative bodies.

One man leads North Korea and controls its government. He also controls its ruling political party. The ruling party chooses candidates for an Assembly, and citizens vote. The candidates do not have opponents, so citizens have no choices.

What type of economy does the United States have?

The hands off type of economy is often call laissez-faire. Which of the following is accurate in this type of economy?

What role did the government have, according to John Locke?

This is the overthrow of a government, usually by the military and violent in nature, and translates "blow to the state"?

Thomas Hobbes believed that this was the best form of government

Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that Man is born

Baron De Montesquieu said the best way to protect liberty was to

People give up some portion of their liberty in exchange for _, according to Thomas Hobbes.

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

What role did the government have, according to John Locke?

An economic system that relies mainly on markets to determine what goods and services to produce and how to produce them; Laissez faire; also called capitalism or free market?

An economic system that relies mainly on the central government to determine what goods and services to produce and how to produce them; form of communism

What type of economy does the United States have?

What is a free-market economy?

What is a command economy?

In a market economy, the citizens and "who else" act in self-interest.

The following political cartoon is a satire about capitalism and inequality. Which economic system is the cartoon satirizing?

Which of the following are characteristics of a state?

Which of the following is a basic function of government?

The legislative branch typically called congress is separate from the executive branch

What is the main DIFFERENCE between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?

Today, the most common form of democracy is?

Regarding the American political principle of "the Rule of Law", which description best describes it? (check all that apply)