| A | B |
|---|
| Government | institution with the power to make and enforce rules for a group of people |
| Anarchy | no government or laws |
| Sovereignty | ability to make laws for a country, a group of people, or yourself |
| Unitary | all lawmaking and enforcing power is located in one place within a nation |
| Confederal | distributes lawmaking and enforcing power into several small states WITH NO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT |
| Federal | there is a central government and several state governments with the make to make and enforce laws |
| Democracy | people have a voice |
| Compromise | most important characteristic of democracy |
| Monarchy | the person in power inherited the position |
| Dictatorship | the power to make and enforce rules for a group of people |
| Totalitarian Dictatorship | total control over all aspects of citizens lives |
| John Locke | wrote Social Contract Theory |
| Social Contract Theory | people give up some of their freedom to create government |
| Divine Right | King was selected by God to rule |
| Natural Rights | Life, Liberty, Property |
| Politics | Competition to shape government's impact on society's problems and goals |
