purposes of government vocab

Government

political organizations through which scarcity desisions and public policies are made and enforced

democracy

type of government where power is held by the people and exercised through them (voting)

republic

where people are elected by the citizens to speak or act on their behalf

scarcity

trying to fulfill unlimited wants and needs with limited resources

social conflict

the idea that people in a society disagree over beliefs, values, and what the societys prioiretes should be

politics

the way in which people reslove social conflicts

power

the ability to do something

authority

the right to make desicions having power of influnce over people or groups

nation

people united by common desecent, history, culture, or languge, inhabiting a particular country or territory

sovereignty

the power and authority to rule oneself; governments must have this

population

group of people living within a area

territory

land on which population lives

social contract

an implict agreement among the members of a socity to cooprate for socisl benifits