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| Political Science | the study of the structures, activities and behavior of goernment |
| Government | formal institutions and processes of a political organized society |
| Government | the group of people, acting in formal political institutions at national, state and local levels |
| Political Systems | address certain basic questions of government such as: What should a government have the power to do? |
| Justice | the fair, equal, proportional, or appropriate treatment of individuals in personal, social and governmental interactions. |
| Nation-state | geographic/political organization uniting people by common government |
| Citizenship | membership in a community with its accompanying rights, responsibilities, and dispositions. |
| Power | refers to the ability of people to influence the actions of others |
| Human Rights | basic political, economic, and social rights al human beings are entitled to, such as the right to life, liberty and well-being of himself and his family |
| Divine Right | the belief that power to rule comes to an individual or group from the authority of supernatural force |
| Consent to the Governed | power is granted by the authority of the group being ruled; the people being ruled |
| Autonomy | self govern |
| Autocracy | government in which the ruler has unlimited power |
| Absolutism | the belief that monarchs hold supreme power and are responsible only to God |
| Democracy | government in which citizens have ruling power |
| Republic | system of government in which citizens who have the right to vote choose their leaders |
| Theocracy | form of government in which priests serve as kings or rulers |
| Monarchy | government headed by a king or queen |
| Dictator | ruler with absolute authority |
| Totalitarianism | political system in which the government has a single-party dictatorship that controls every aspect of citizen's lives |
| Empire | group of territories or people controlled by one ruler |
| Federation | joining together of two or more states into a union |
| King | Monarch |
| Emperor | Empire |
| Dictator | Dictatorship |
