1. Unit 1 Test Study Guide Be able to explain:
The purposes of government and how a government fulfills those jobs
Protect citizens
Maintain order
Regulate the economy
Principles of government
Aristotle
Characteristics of a nation-state and give examples (territory, population, sovereignty, and legitimate government)
Theories on the origin of a state: evolutionary, force, divine right, social contract
Types of governments: autocracy, democracy, monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy, direct and indirect democracy
Governing documents: Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, English Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, US Constitution
Enlightenment: natural rights, social contract, state of nature, consent of the governed, republicanism, Hobbes, Locke, and Montesquieu
Characteristics of democracy: individual liberty, majority rule with minority rights, free elections, competing political parties, free enterprise, civil society, social consensus…article examples: gun debate, race and college, minimum wage, independent party
Declaration of Independence DBQ: 4 parts to the DOI, unalienable rights, Tiananmen Square, be able to answer questions pertaining to each document
Provide public goods and services
Socialize young people
Federal tax system

2. Unit 1 Test Study Guide Be able to explain:
The purposes of government and how a government fulfills those jobs
Protect citizens
Maintain order
Regulate the economy
Principles of government
Aristotle
Characteristics of a nation-state and give examples (territory, population, sovereignty, and legitimate government)
Theories on the origin of a state: evolutionary, force, divine right, social contract
Types of governments: autocracy, democracy, monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy, direct and indirect democracy
Governing documents: Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, English Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, US Constitution
Enlightenment: natural rights, social contract, state of nature, consent of the governed, republicanism, Hobbes, Locke, and Montesquieu
Characteristics of democracy: individual liberty, majority rule with minority rights, free elections, competing political parties, free enterprise, civil society, social consensus…article examples: gun debate, race and college, minimum wage, independent party
Declaration of Independence DBQ: 4 parts to the DOI, unalienable rights, Tiananmen Square, be able to answer questions pertaining to each document
Provide public goods and services
Socialize young people
Federal tax system