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| when 1 person rules ex. adolf hitler,benito mussolinis rule in italy |
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| when king queen or emperor rules |
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| direct and representative |
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| direct demorcracy is when |
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| people elect a representative which gives them the right to make laws and conduct the government. |
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| any system of government in which a small group holds power |
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| to be a state you must have these 4 essentials |
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| population, sovereignty, government, and territory |
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| the state has supreme and absolute authority within its territorial boundaries |
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| 3 principals of government |
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| the state, nation, and nation state |
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| scholar in ancient greece who studied government |
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| political community that occupies a definite territory, and has power to make and enforce laws |
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| the four theories of government |
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| evolution theory, force theory, divine right of theory, social contract theory |
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| social contract theory was written by |
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| one person controls everyone |
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| list 4 purposes of government |
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| maintain social order, public services, national security, economic services |
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| list three purposes of a constitution |
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| sets ideals, supreme law, establish structure |
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| provided idea for limited government |
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| what did the petition of rights do and when was it written |
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| it limited kings power and was written in 1628 |
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| english bill of rights its purpose and when written |
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| set limits on what a ruler could or could not do, wrote in 1688 |
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| what three men believed people should contract among themselves to form government to protect their natural rights |
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| locke, voltaire, and rouseau |
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| when was the division of powers between governer, legs., and courts established |
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| first continental congress was held in |
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| 2nd continental congress was held in |
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| who drafted decleration and when |
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| statement of purpose,list of complaints,and statement to colonists determined to serperate from great britain |
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| 2 types of goverment systems |
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| system of government that gives all key powers to national government |
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| divide power between national and state governments. |
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| plan that provides rule of government |
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| the effortsto control or influence governements |
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| seek special benifits politics also provides benefit to the people |
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| 3 characteristics of democracy |
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| government is based on majority rule, free and open elections, and party choses canidate-people vote |
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| single house, legislative branch, and president |
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| 4 weaknessess in the articles of confederation |
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| no power to tax or inforce laws, couldn't amend need 100% of state approval, no executive branch, and no judical branch to inerpret laws. |
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| achievement of the articles of confederation |
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| fair policy of developing new western states |
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| what was shay's rebellion |
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| poor soldiers rebelled, couldnt pay taxes |
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| first convention was held in |
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| what were the five compromises |
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| the 3/5ths compromise, commerce and slaves compromise, nj plan, va plan, and connecticut compromise. |
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| STRONG EXECUTIVE, 2 house legis., lower house voted by people, upper house voted by the lower house |
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| 2 houses, lower representative, and upper which is senate |
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| the study of human effort to satisfy unlimited wants through use of limited source. |
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| which economic theory has people own the land |
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| public ownership of land and factories |
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| what theory has a command economy which is when government owns land, resources ...etc |
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| theory where there is free enterprise |
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| theory where competition among businesses |
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| which theory has mixed market |
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