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PSC midterm chap. 1-5(73 questions already
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Federal Government - answer A form of
government in which powers are divided between
a central government and several local
governments.
Confederal Government - answer a form of
government in which states hold power over a
limited national government
Unitary Government - answer A centralized
government in which all government powers
belong to a single, central agency.
Legitimacy - answer Political authority conferred
by law or by a state or national constitution
Coercion vs Consent - answer coercion is the
action of using leverage to convince someone to do
something vs. consent is someone is totally willing
to participate in something
, Authoritarian Government - answer A government
in which one leader holds absolute power.
Oligarchy Government - answer A government
ruled by a few powerful people
Representative Democracy - answer A system of
government in which citizens elect
representatives, or leaders, to make decisions
about the laws for all the people.
Socialism - answer A system in which society,
usually in the form of the government, owns and
controls the means of production.
Capitalism - answer An economic system based on
private ownership of capital
Why did colonists rebel? - answer the british were
taxing the colonists at unfair rates without the
proper representation
Treaty of Paris - answer agreement signed by
British and American leaders that stated the
United States of America was a free and
independent country
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