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Unit #1 Foundations of U.S. Government Chapter #1 Government and the People
VOCABULARY
WORD BANK
state
coercive
constitutional monarchy
government
unitary government
dictator
evolutionary theory
confederation government
oligarchy
force theory
federal system
democracy
divine right theory
autocracy
direct democracy
social contract theory
absolute monarchy
representative democracy
SCORE
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Read the definitions below. Using the vocabulary words found in the word bank above, write the word that the definition
is describing in the blank provided.
VOCABULARY WORD
DEFINITION
A system of government that divides government powers between a national government
a state or provincial government
A government in which a single person holds all power
A loose union of independent states
A theory that the first governments were established by the use of weapons
A theory stating that a ruler holds power because he or she is a god or was chosen by the
gods to rule
A theory stating that a ruler and the ruled enter into a contract, and if the ruler fails to
honor the rights of the people, they can overthrow the ruler
The ability of government to force people to obey it
A government in which a small group of people rule with absolute power
A group of people living in a definite territory who have a government with the power to
make and enforce laws without having to ask permission from a higher authority
A government in which those who inherited their position used force to keep it
A modern autocrat who controls the government and rules with absolute power
Individual citizens vote on issues of government in a meeting of all citizens
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A government in which the monarch has mostly ceremonial power
Citizens elect representatives who govern in their place
A theory stating that the earliest government developed from the family
A government in which the people rule
The organization by which the state maintains order, provides public services and
enforces decisions over the people living in its territory
Government in which all government power is held by the national government
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