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The power to interpret laws, determine their meaning, and settle disputes within a society is known as ____.
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Executive Power
Legislative Power.
State Powers
Judicial Power.
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The structure of a ____ requires that power be divided between a state's central and local levels of government
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Unitary Government
Monarchy
Federal Government.
Anarchist Government
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The power to interpret laws, determine their meaning, and settle disputes within a society is known as ____.
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The structure of a ____ requires that power be divided between a state's central and local levels of government
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_________________is the power to make law and frame public policies.
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Independent states that agree to form a ____ may still retain their separate identities.
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A federal government is one in which
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Name the four characteristics of a state.
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The individual 50 States lack which basic characteristic of a state?
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In a democracy, the will of the majority_____________________________.
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Select the stated purposes of government outlined in the Preamble to the Constitution.
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What specific need does the Internet seem especially suited to satisfy in a democracy?
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All political powers in a state are concentrated at the central level under which form of government?
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According to the social contract theory the contract is___________________.
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If you live under a democratic government that conducts its own foreign and domestic policies in an area with a territory of fifty square miles and a population of fifty-thousand that area qualifies as a__________________________.
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According to the law of supply and demand if strawberries become scarce due to a drought in berry-producing regions what happens to the price of strawberries?
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For what reason might the ruler(s) in a dictatorship feel threatened by the existence of the Internet?
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Which philosopher believed that "If a sovereign violates these rights, the social contract is broken & people have a right to revolt.
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Which philosopher believed that "People agreed to "lay down their natural rights" of equality and freedom and give absolute power to a sovereign."
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Which philosopher believed that "The people then exercised their general will to 'make laws' for the 'public good´¨
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Which philosopher "Saw a separation and balancing of the powers of the government."
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Who wrote "The Spirit of Laws"?
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Who wrote "Leviathan"?
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Who wrote "The Two Treatises of Government"?
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Who wrote "The Social Contract"?
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Which philosopher believed that "The state of nature where all individuals are naturally equal."
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Which philosopher believed that "When people begin to claim ownership of property, the result is inequality, murder, and war."
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Which philosopher believed that "Natural rights such as 'life, liberty, and property...' existed in the state of nature."
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Which philosopher believed that "The need for food caused timid individuals to associate with others and seek to live in a society."
