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| What are the four characteristics of a state? | population, territory, sovereignty, government |
| What are the four theories that created a nation? | social contract, divine right, evolutionary, force |
| What is a government? | instituion made up of a group of people who makes laws |
| What are the three branches of government? | legislative, executive, judicial. |
| Who holds the power in a dictatorship? | a single person. |
| Who holds the power in a democracy? | majority of the people |
| What is one of government's major responsibilities? | defending the the nation against foreign enemies |
| what is a way that the government serves citizens? | by providing public schools. |
| What is sovereignty? | the ability for a state to make and force a law |
| What is the purpose of a constitution? | a body of laws that outlines the principles, structures, and process of government |
