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| 13519976030 | Thomas Hobbes | wrote "Leviathan" and believed people were naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish; he also believed only a powerful government could keep an orderly society |  | 0 |
| 13520022193 | State of Nature | a hypothetical condition in which there is no government |  | 1 |
| 13520031843 | John Locke | English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property. -social contract theory |  | 2 |
| 13520042491 | 4 theories of the origin of the state | 1) Force Theory: idea that early govs were a result of one person or small group claiming control over an area and forced those on it to submit to their rule 2) Evolutionary Theory: idea that state developed naturally out of the early family. Primitive fam of which 1 person was the head of 3) Divine Right Theory: the right to rule derives from God --> Kings 4) Social Contract Theory: state arose out of a voluntary act by free people |  | 3 |
| 13520094631 | demagogue | a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions rather than rational argument |  | 4 |
| 13520116040 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | A French man who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good, and be a democracy. Social Contract |  | 5 |
| 13520129389 | Utilitarianism | idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people |  | 6 |
| 13520132260 | John Stuart Mill | Arguably the most famous English philosopher and politician of the 1800s. Champion of liberty over unlimited state control. Also famous for adding falsification as a key component of the scientific method. |  | 7 |
| 13520141665 | Hobbes vs Locke | Compare: Both agree that original state of humankind is STATE OF NATURE and rulership is SOCIAL CONTRACT not divine right. Contrast: Hobbes- Government protects us from ourselves, sovereignty with the monarch, no government power limit, and no right to revolution. Locke- Government to protect natural rights, sovereignty resides with the people, power can be limited and they have right of revolution. |  | 8 |
| 13520150863 | Popular Sovereignty | A government in which the people rule by their own consent. |  | 9 |
| 13520156984 | 4 Components of a State | 1. population- small or large, not necessarily homogeneous 2. territory- known and recognized boundaries 3- sovereignty 4. gov't- way a state exerts its will and accomplishes its goals |  | 10 |
| 13520168912 | 3 Major Powers of Government | 1) Legislative: Make Laws 2)Executive: Enforce Laws 3) Judicial: Interpret Laws |  | 11 |
| 13520204059 | Aristocracy | A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility |  | 12 |
| 13520207399 | plutocracy | government of the wealthy |  | 13 |
| 13520211340 | Corporatocracy | a system of government that serves the interests of corporations and that involves ties between government and business |  | 14 |
| 13520222866 | Presidential vs. Parliamentary Systems | presidential= executive and legislative chosen separately parliamentary=legislative chooses executive |  | 15 |
| 13520231758 | coalition government | When two or more parties join together to form a majority in a national legislature. This form of government is quite common in the multiparty systems of Europe. |  | 16 |
| 13520246595 | Unitary Government | A government that gives all key powers to the national or central government. ex: Dr.Carcara |  | 17 |
| 13520253528 | Confederate Government | there are local and national governments. However, the local governments have the most power. -Central power has little power and answers to the local govs. ex: confederacy in US EU |  | 18 |
| 13520279152 | Federal Government | system that divides power of gov bt the national gov and state and local govs -each level of gov has sovereignty in some areas and shares powers in other areas |  | 19 |
