C1 C2 notes- Ap Gov

Lord Actin quote

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

First form of democracy we’ve learnt from

Greeks + Romans

Greek democracy type

Direct democracy

• people participate and vote directly

Romans democracy type

pick somebody to represent you

Communism

party

supreme power

oligarcy

facism

benito mussolini

nazism

hitler

difference between nazism and fascism

fascism isn’t based on race, nazism is

oldest form of government

monarchy

absolute monarchy is ____ based

hereditary

three forms of autocracy

monarchy: hereditary

despot: unchecked power

tyrany: unchecked power cruelly

federalism

the division of power between a central government and regional government

checks and balances

a government structure that gives each branch some scrutiny of and control over other branches

mandate of heaven

ancient Chinese political doctrine

ruler receives the divine right to govern conditionally

divine right

monarch receives the power to rule directly from God

social contract

individuals give up certain absolute freedoms in exchange for social order, safety, and the protection

globalization

The increasing interdependence of citizens and nations across the world

what is the purpose of the government

legitimate and exclusive use of force

thomas hobbes idea for social contract

stick with king

john locke idea for social contract

if king breaks agreement, people have the right to revolt

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

police power

authority to maintain order

• health, morals, safety, and welfare

political ideology

consistent set of values and beliefs about the proper purpose and scope of government

totalitarianism

Political philosophy that advocates unlimited power for the government to enable it to control all sectors of society

socialism

A form of rule in which the central government plays a strong role in regulating existing private industry and directing the economy, although it does allow some private ownership of productive capacity

other words for capitalism

free markets

free enterprise

market system

laissez faire

“hands off” form of government

who gave the idea that governments should back off and shouldn’t interfere in markets

Adam smith

T or F markets don’t harm anbody

true

magna carta 1215

limited power of the king

partition of right (1638)

separation of powers and federalism detailed in fed 51

who made fed 51

james madison

english bill of rights

establishes principle of limited government and parliamentary supremacy over the monarchy

who made the social contract

hobbes, locke, rousseau

are communist countries always authoritarian

Yes

• they want to expand and conquer

theocracy + examples

system of government where a deity is recognized as the supreme ruler

• EX:

• vatican city = pope

• iran = islamic leader

single party rule countries

communist countries

3 laws that limited the government

magna carta (1215)

partition of right (1638)

english bill of rights (1689)

presidential democracy

voters pick president and legislature

parliamentary government

voters pick parliamentary which pick the prime minister

USA tried confederacy twice and failed T or F

True

articles of confederation

confederate states of america

what are the 3 economic questions societies must ask

1. what goods and services should be produced?

2. how should the goods and services be produced?

3. for whom to produce?

four factors of production

1. land

2. labor

3. capital

4. entrepreneurs

nation is defined as

1. territorial integrity (IMPORTANT)

2. national sovereignty (IMPORTANT)

3. stable population

4. code of laws

national sovereignty

principle that a nation has the supreme right and authority to govern its own territory and people without outside interference

who created two treatises of government

john locke

• book that attacked the idea of absolute monarchy and talked about natural rights (life, liberty, and property)

before 1700s which was more prevalent: monarchies or divine right

monarchies

who created the leviathan

hobbes