Term to describe the institution created by society to create and enforce public policy

A choice that government makes in response to a political issue

People who share a culture and a territory

Term which describes an agreement

Theory which says that an individual or small group used force (or violence or the threat of violence) to gain control of people; the people will be forced to submit to their will.

Theory that says the first government evolved naturally from the family

Theory that says the right to rule came directly from God

Theory that says society and government enter into a contract explaining what the government could and could not do; the right to rule comes from the people

Jacques Bossuet wrote, It is God who establishes kings. Which theory of the origin of government would he support?

Which theory is most closely associated with John Locke and the Enlightenment?

Imagine that a group of people attack and defeat another group. The first group's leader becomes the ruler of the defeated group. This example best illustrates which theory?

Order, protection, public services, economic stability and which choice below are the five purposes of government?

If a nation experiences rioting in its major cities, which purpose has the government failed?

If a nation has half of the population out of work, what purpose has its government failed to perform?

Which term is defined as the ability to control the actions of others?

What do we call the supreme power within a specified territory?

Who said that power is held by an economic elite, the people who control the means of production?

Who said that power is concentrated among a power elite made up of leaders from the military, government, and business.

A ruler that seizes the government by force but has no rightful claim to leadership is an example of...

The United States is a democracy, a presidential government, a federal system, and what?

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