Chapter 1 US/VA Govt Quiz

Nation

A group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes religion

Sovereignty

The supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries

Mixed Economy

A system in which the government regulates private enterprise

Unitary System

A government that gives all key powers to the national or central government?

Force Theory

Use of Violence

Locke, Montesquieu, and Hobbes

Government exists to serve people.

Divine Right

A political and religious doctrine claiming that a monarch's authority derives directly from God, not from the consent of the people.

Socialist Governments

Higher taxes for providingsocial services and wealth redistribution.

constitutional government

A system of governance in which the powers of the government are limited by a constitution, ensuring the protection of individual rights and the rule of law.

social contract

Created by free people, government powers granted by the people, government powers limited by the people

The United States has a

Federal style government

Sovereign States

a political entity with full control over its territory and the authority to govern itself independently.

In a democracy, the will of the majority cannot

Cannot be used to deprive rights to members of a minority group

The US has what type of economy?

Mixed

Authoritarian Government

North Korea

Competition

Necessary in capitalism

Thomas Jefferson was influenced by

Enlightenment philosophers such as John Locke.

Preamble establishing justice

FOR ALL PEOPLE

Theocracy

is a system of government in which priests or religious leaders control the government, claiming to represent the interests of a deity.