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GOvernment-First Test
chap 1+2
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Health Care
11th Grade
02/01/2010

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authority
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legal right or power to give orders and enforce rules
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government
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institutions and officials organized to establish and carry out public policy
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power
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the ability to cause others to behave as they might not otherwise choose to do
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legitamacy
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quality of being accepted as an authority, often applied to laws or those in power
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public good
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product or service that is available for all people to consume whether they pay for it or not
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nation-state
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a indpenendent state, especially one in which th people share a common culture. In a nation-state, people have a sense of belonging to one country, even if they have different ethnic backgrounds
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sovereignty
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right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region, a group of peoples, or one self
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politics
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process and method of making desicions for groups although generally applied to governments, politics, is also observed in all human interactions
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institutions
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an established organization, especially one providing a public service, and the rules that guide it
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Thomas pAINE
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Wote Common Sense, was a mistrust in government
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Socrates
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Socratic method...accused of corrupting youth of athens
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Pluto
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set up the academy
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Aristotle
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"father of political science." most famous student was Alexander the Great
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Cezar Chavez
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used walkout to tactics to improve lives of californian farm workers
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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wrote The prince and supported being smarter and stronger than th eopponent
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democracy
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system of government in which citizens exercise supreme power, acting either directly on their own or through elected representatives
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monarchy
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a system of government in which a single ruler exercises supreme power based on heredity or divine right. right of rule passes through family
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dictatorship
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a system of government in which a single person or group exercises supreme power by controlling the military and police
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market economy
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an economic system that relies mainly on marketsw to determine what goods and services to produce and how to produce them
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traditional economy
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an economic system in which decisions about what to produce and how are made on the basis of customs, beliefs, and traditions
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republic
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a nation in which supreme power rests with the citizens and is exercised by their elected reps
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parliament
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legislative assembly in which elected reps debate and vote op proposed laws. comes from parler
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command economy
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economic system that relies mainly on central government to determine what goods and services to provide
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feudalism
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exchanging use of land for military and other services
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mixed economy
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economic system that combines market forces with elements of a command economy
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coercion
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the use of force or threats to make people do things
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