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Population
Definition
Group of people who are the members or citisens of a states
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Territory
Definition
Area in which a state rules
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Sovereignty
Definition
Ability to rule absolutely within a territory
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Government
Definition
Organization that makes and enforces the laws
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Autocracy
Definition
Government in which one person has all the power
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Monarchy
Definition
King on Queen rules the nation
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Dictatorship
Definition
Form of government where one leader has absolute control over the citizens' lives
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Democracy
Definition
Citizens hold political power
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Representatives Domacracy
Definition
Citizens elect leaders to represent their rights and intrests in government
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Direct Democracy
Definition
Citizens are directly involved in day-to-day work of government
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Oligarchy
Definition
Small group of people have all the power
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Anarchy
Definition
Nobody in control/everyone is
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Constitution
Definition
Rulebook for country's government
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Seperation of Power
Definition
Dividing power among several branches of government
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Consent of the Governed
Definition
Citizens of country give permission to be governed by country's government
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Rule of Law
Definition
Law's are fair, enforced, and nobody is above the law
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Rights of Minority
Definition
Protecting the right's of small or unpopular groups regardless of what majority leads
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6 Rules of Laws
Definition
Order and Security, Legitimacy, Checks and Balences, Equal Applications of the Law, Procedural Fairness, Access to Justice
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4 Roles of Government
Definition
Protect state, Make the laws, Keep order, Help citizens
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Foreign Policy
Definition
Relationship states have with other states
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3 Features of a population
Definition
Culture/traditions, language, Wealthy or Poor
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3 Ways boundaries can change a state
Definition
War, Negotiations, or purchasing territory
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4 Things that make a state
Definition
Population, defined space, enforce laws, organization
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State
Definition
Body of people living in a defined space with the power to make and enforce laws and an organization to do this
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5 Limits on government
Definition
Rights of minority, separation of power, Consent of Governed, Constitution, Rule of law
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