Govt 11 Unit 1 Foundation of Govt.

Institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws

• Government

• Social Contract

• Legislation
• Administration

a group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, traditions and sometimes religion

• social class
• nation

• ethnic group
• cultural group

According to the social contract theory, where does the government get its power?

• "the legislature"
• "the laws of nature"
• "the consent of the governed"
• the King of England

What is a social contract?

• An agreement between two countries
• An agreement between two individuals
• An agreement between people and their government
• An agreement between businesses

a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government

• country

• province
• territory
• state

the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries

• Governance
• Sovereignty
• Authority
• Dominion

rule by the people or consent of the governed

• oligarchy

• Autocracy
• popular sovereignty

• social contract

a plan of government

• Bill of Rights
• Constitution
• Amendment
• Legislation

Constitutional Government

• A monarchy with absolute power.
• A system of governance limited by a constitution.
• A government without any laws.
• A system where the constitution is ignored.

a government in which people rule

• democracy
• autocracy
• monarchy
• oligarchy