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9. Types of Government Question for 5 Points
A government in which a few people such as a dominant clan or clique have power.
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10. Types of Government
Answer for 5 Points
Oligarchy
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11. Types of Government Question for 10 Points
A country ruled by a single leader. The leader has not been elected and may use force to keep control.
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12. Types of Government
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Dictatorship
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13. A ________ has a king, queen, emperor or empress.
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A ________ has a king, queen, emperor or empress.
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14. Types of Government
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Monarchy
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15. Types of Government Question for 20 Points
Government by a single person having unlimited power; despotism (domination through threat of punishment and violence) .
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16. Types of Government
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Autocracy
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17. _______ is a situation where there is no government.
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_______ is a situation where there is no government.
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18. Types of Government
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Anarchy
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19. Vocabulary Question for 5 Points
A body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, and with the power to make and enforce laws with the consent of higher authority.
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20. Vocabulary
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State
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21. Vocabulary Question for 10 Points
Institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.
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22. Vocabulary
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Government
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23. Vocabulary Question for 15 Points
When a state has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies.
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24. Vocabulary
Answer for 15 Points
Sovereign
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25. Is often described as a centralized Government.
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Is often described as a centralized Government.
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26. Vocabulary
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Unitary Government
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27. Vocabulary Question for 25 Points
An adjustment of opposing principles or systems by modifying some aspect of each.
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28. Vocabulary
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Compromise
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29. An alliance of independent states.
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An alliance of independent states.
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30. Vocabulary 2
Answer for 5 Points
Confederation
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31. Vocabulary 2 Question for 10 Points
A _______ government is one in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments.
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32. Vocabulary 2
Answer for 10 Points
Federal
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33. Vocabulary 2 Question for 15 Points
The power to interpret laws, to determine their meanings, and to settle disputes that arise within the society.
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34. Vocabulary 2
Answer for 15 Points
Judicial Power
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35. Vocabulary 2 Question for 20 Points
The ______ _______ of a government are all of those things a government decides to do.
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36. Vocabulary 2
Answer for 20 Points
Public Policies
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37. Vocabulary 2 Question for 25 Points
In the charter colonies, most governmental matters were handled by the ________.
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38. Vocabulary 2
Answer for 25 Points
Colonists
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39. Vocabulary 3 Question for 5 Points
To declare illegal, null and void, of no force and effect-a governmental action found to violate some provision in the Constitution.
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40. Vocabulary 3
Answer for 5 Points
Unconstitutional
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41. Vocabulary 3 Question for 10 Points
In _______ ________, the executive is made up of the prime minister or premier, and that official’s cabinet.
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42. Parliamentary Government
Vocabulary 3
Answer for 10 Points
Parliamentary Government
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43. Vocabulary 3 Question for 15 Points
In a _________ ________, the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate, independent of one another, and coequal.
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44. Presidential Government
Vocabulary 3
Answer for 15 Points
Presidential Government
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45. Vocabulary 3 Question for 20 Points
The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of government.
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46. Vocabulary 3
Answer for 20 Points
Constitution
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47. The power to make law and frame public policies
Vocabulary 3
Question for 25 Points
The power to make law and frame public policies
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48. Vocabulary 3
Answer for 25 Points
Legislative
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49. Test Questions Question for 5 Points
Of the four theories we have looked at for the proposed origin of the state, which is the MOST PRIMITIVE theory of how states came to be?
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50. Answer for 5 Points Evolution Theory
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Evolution Theory
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51. Question for 10 Points Test Questions
In a ________, the will of the majority cannot be used to deprive rights to a member of a minority group
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52. Answer for 10 Points Democracy
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Democracy
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53. The individual 50 States lack which basic characteristic of a state?
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The individual 50 States lack which basic characteristic of a state?
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54. Answer for 15 Points Sovereignty
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Sovereignty
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55. Question for 20 Points Test Questions
A _________ government is one in which power is divided between a central government and local governments.
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56. Answer for 20 Points federal
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federal
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57. Question for 25 Points Test Questions
Which of the four theories states that the origin of the state is the one that supports modern democracies?
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58. Answer for 25 Points Social Theory
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Social Theory
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59. The "Big Points"
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The power of the courts to determine whether what a government does is in accord with what the Constitution provides.
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61. Big Points Answer for Big Points Judicial Review
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