World Terms
• How people are ranked or grouped in a
given society.
• A = Social Structure
• Pertaining to matters within a country.
• A = Domestic
• Things concerned with winning elections
and gaining control of the government.
• A = Politics
• A consistent set of values and beliefs
about how the world operates.
• A = Ideology
• Religious/church officials
• A = Clergy
• The part of government that make the
laws.
• A = Legislature (congress)
• The shared customs, beliefs, and values
of a particular group of people.
• A = Culture
• Poor farmers who usually don’t own their
own land.
• A = Peasants
• Dealing with $ & jobs, etc. --the making,
buying, and selling of goods.
• A = Economics
• The group of persons who have the power
to make the key decisions that run a
country.
• A = government
• A buyer and seller of goods for profit.
• A = Merchant
• Pertaining to matters outside a country.
• A = Foreign
• A person of high class who usually gets
their position through inheritance.
• A = Aristocracy/Nobility
• A tax on imports that governments use to
gain $ and to protect domestic industries
from foreign competition.
• A = Tariff
• The written rules and laws that establish
how a country is run.
• A = constitution
• $ people give to the government so that
the govt. can operate and do things.
• A = Tax
• The art of planting and harvesting crops.
• A = Agriculture
Types of Govts.
• When a person takes over by force and
rules until he dies or is overthrown.
• A = dictatorship
• Where everybody gets to vote on
everything.
• A = Direct Democracy
• When a small group of people control the
govt. (usually the rich).
• A = Oligarchy
• Government ruled by a king or queen.
• A = Monarchy
• When people vote for politicians and then
the elected politicians make the laws.
• A = Representative democracy
• What 2 things allowed for humans to stop
being nomadic hunter-gatherers and to
develop complex civilizations?
• A = Development of agriculture and
domestication of animals.
• What are the 6 characteristics of
civilization?
• A = Art, social structure, religion, writing,
technology, government
Plato
• Who did Plato think should rule?
• A = “Philosopher King”
• How is the “Philosopher King” different than other kings?
• A = chosen by people because of talent and wisdom.
• What did Plato think was the best type of government?
• A = Republic
Aristotle
• What was the main idea of Aristotle?
• A = Rule of Law?
• What were the 2 contributions that the
Greeks made to modern political thought?
• A = democracy and Jury.
What important political ideas come
from the Judeo-Christian Tradition?
• Everybody must follow rules/laws.
• Everybody should behave morally and
ethically