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| What are the four parts of a state? | population, territory, soverignty, government |
| population | a state consists of people |
| territory | a state must have land |
| sovereignty | soverign states determine their own form of government |
| government | consists of the machinery and personnel by which the state is ruled |
| force theory | a person or group forces control over an area and people |
| evolutionary theory | states originated in the family |
| divine right theory | God gave individuals or troups the right to rule |
| the social contract theory | people agreed to give up power to the state in return for the state's service to the general well being of the people |
| what are the purposes of government? | to form a more perfect union; to establish justice; to insure domestic tranquility'; provide for common defense; promote general welfare; secure blessings of liberty |
| unitary government | power is held in a singel central agency (Britain) |
| federal gov. | powers are divided between central gov. and several local governments (US) |
| confederate gov. | gov has limited power with the most important authority reserved for member states |
| presidential gov | executive and legislative brances are independent and coequal |
| parliamentary gov | members of the executive branch are also members of the lesilative branch (Parliament) |
| dictatorship | participation in gov. is limited to individual or group who rules |
| democracy | pople hold power and give consent to the government |
