Unit 1 Gov. Vocabulary

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Government

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The formal vehicle through which polices are made and affairs of state are conducted

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Policy

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Decision made by government in pursuit of a goal; can be a law, a government program, or a set of government actions

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Natural rights

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Fundamental human rights based on universal natural law or God given

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Social Contract

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Theory that individuals unite into a society by a process of mutual consent

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Sovereignty

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Supreme power or authority

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Democracy

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System of government by the whole population

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Communism

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Political theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned

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Oligarchy

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Small group of people having control of a country

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Monarchy

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Form of government with a monarch at the head

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state

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a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.