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GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 1 VOCAB
DIRECTIONS: USING YOUR BOOK (not google), find the definitions for each word. Write the
BOOK definition in the space provided. Write one sentence using the word in its correct context.
Too Easy!
1. State- identifies 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.
Sentence: South Sudan declared its independence from Sudan and became the newest
“STATE” in the world.
2. Nation-
Sentence:
3. Nation-state-
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4. Consensus-
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5. Sovereignty-
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6. Government-
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7. Social Contract-
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8. Unitary System-
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9. Federal System-
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10.Confederacy-
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11.Constitution-
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12. Preamble-
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13. Politics-
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14. Autocracy-
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15. Monarchy-
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16. Oligarchy-
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17. Democracy-
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18. Republic-
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19. Political Party-
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