Chapter 1 Terms: People and Government3

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Across
  1. 2. type of economic system in which the government owns the basic means of production, determines the use of resources, distributes the products and wages, and provides social services such as education, healthcare, and welfare.
  2. 6. 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.
  3. 7. any sizable group of people who are united by common bonds of race, lan-guage, custom, tradition, and, sometimes, religion.
  4. 9. type of economy in which the state owns the land, natural resources, industry, banks,and transportation facilities.
  5. 10. governmental system which consists of a loose union of independent states.
  6. 12. type of government in which a small group holds power.
  7. 13. According to Marx one class would evolve in this economic system, property would all be held in common, and there would be no need for government.
  8. 14. a nation which generally has large industries and advanced technology that provide a more comfortable way of life.
  9. 16. defines the extent and limits of government power and the rights of citizens.
  10. 17. supreme and absolute authority within a state's territorial boundaries.
  11. 19. Governmental theory in which people agree to surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order. The state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens who are the ultimate source of political power and authority.
  12. 22. governmental system which divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments.
  13. 23. type of government in which many people hold sovereign power.
  14. 24. a plan that provides the rules for government.
  15. 25. French term used by Karl Marx to describe the rich, business elite. They own the means of production and often times exploit the working class.
  16. 26. the opportunity to control one's economic decisions which provides a base for making independent decisions.
  17. 29. one of the first students of government; classified governments by the number of people who can participate (monarchy, oligarchy, democracy)
  18. 30. a representative democracy where voters are the source of the government's authority.
  19. 31. situation in which the government places no limits on the freedom of buyers and sellers to make economic decisions.
Down
  1. 1. 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.
  2. 3. a French term which means "to let alone."
  3. 4. governmental system which gives all key powers to the national or central government.
  4. 5. economic system in which freedom of choice and individual incentive for workers, investors, consumers, and business enterprises is emphasized.
  5. 8. agreement about basic beliefs, values, and ideals.
  6. 10. a government in which a constitution has authority to place clearly recognized limits on the powers of those who govern.
  7. 11. The effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government.
  8. 15. a group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, con-duct government, and determine public policy.
  9. 18. a country whose ethnic boundaries coincide with the territorial boundaries of the sovereign state which governs it.
  10. 20. nations that are only beginning to develop industrially.
  11. 21. French term used by Karl Marx to describe the working class
  12. 27. type of government in which a king, queen, or emperor exercises the supreme powers of government.
  13. 28. a statement that sets forth the goals and purposes of government