American Government: Day 10

Today we will review for the test. Below is a list of terms and ideas that you will need to know and understand by Tuesday for the test on the first chapter. You may not use notes on the test. I will be having you turn in your notes on the day of the test for a grade, so get it done.

For your notes you should attempt to define and describe each term/idea. You may also want to provide examples of each. That will help you on the test.

Section 1:

State

Nation

Nation-state

Consensus

Sovereignty

Government

Social Contract

What are the 4 main purposes of government

Section 2:

Unitary system

Federal system

Confederacy

Constitution

Constitutional Government (Limits power of federal government)

Preamble

Constitutional law

Politics

Industrialized nations

Developing nations

What is the meaning of economic interdependence and how does it work?

Section 3:

Autocracy with example

Oligarchy with example

Democracy with example

Republic with example

Main political parties

What does it mean to live in a civil society?

Section 4:

What is the role of economics? (3 parts)

Define Capitalism (5 parts)

Free market

Mixed market economy

Laissez-faire

Socialism (3 parts)

Communism

What is the difference between socialism and communism?

What is the difference between pure capitalism (libertarianism) and mixed market capitalism?