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American Government (Vocab 1)
Definations of government types and people
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History
12th Grade
09/17/2006

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SPECTRUM
Definition
ordered array
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GOVERNMENT
Definition
organized authority
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HUMAN NATURE
Definition
attributes shared by all humans
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AUTOCRACY
Definition
one person has unlimited authority (monarchy)
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DIRECT DEMOCRACY
Definition
government that allows people to vote on specific laws and policies
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REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
Definition
government that allows people to vote for people
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PHILOSOPHER
Definition
"lover of wisdom"
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JEAN JAQUES ROUSSEAU
Definition
a philosopher who thought all people were born good
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THOMAS HOBBES
Definition
a philosopher who thought people were born selfish and evil
a strict government could change that
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JOHN LOCKE
Definition
a philosopher who thought people were born blank but can reason
gift of reason and thought
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KARL MARX
Definition
a philosopher who thought people were born into social classes
they were turned evil by social systems
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COMMUNISM
Definition
government based on equality of all people especially economically
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SOCIALISM
Definition
government redistributes resources in the economy to create equality
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IDEOLOGY
Definition
set of beliefs that explain the role of government
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