Chapter 1 Government Part A.Final Test 2026\2027.
State
a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government
with the power to make and enforce laws without approval from any higher authority
Aristotle
scholar in Greece who was one of the first students of government
Nation
any sizable group of people who are united by common bonds of race, language, custom,
tradition , and, sometimes, religion
Nation-state
when the boundaries of a nation and a state coincide
Consensus
agreement about basic beliefs
Sovereignty
state has supreme and absolute authority within its territorial boundaries
Government
the institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and
enforces decisions that are binding on all people living within the state
Evolutionary Theory
the state evolved from the family
Force Theory
government emerged when all the people of an area were brought under the authority of
one person or group
Divine Right
the gods have chosen certain people to rule
Social Contract
life was short and brutish, by contract people surrendered to the state the power needed to
maintain order. In return the state agreed to protect its citizens
Thomas Hobbes
State
a political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government
with the power to make and enforce laws without approval from any higher authority
Aristotle
scholar in Greece who was one of the first students of government
Nation
any sizable group of people who are united by common bonds of race, language, custom,
tradition , and, sometimes, religion
Nation-state
when the boundaries of a nation and a state coincide
Consensus
agreement about basic beliefs
Sovereignty
state has supreme and absolute authority within its territorial boundaries
Government
the institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and
enforces decisions that are binding on all people living within the state
Evolutionary Theory
the state evolved from the family
Force Theory
government emerged when all the people of an area were brought under the authority of
one person or group
Divine Right
the gods have chosen certain people to rule
Social Contract
life was short and brutish, by contract people surrendered to the state the power needed to
maintain order. In return the state agreed to protect its citizens
Thomas Hobbes
