Understanding the Characteristics and Theories of State Power

1. Unit 1 Mind Jogs

2. Questions-9/13 • What are the 4 characteristics of a state? • Which theory of the origin of the state says power and sovereignty were granted by God? • Name one of four the purposes of government.

3. Answers-9/13 • What are the 4 characteristics of a state? population, territory, government, sovereignty • Which theory of the origin of the state says power and sovereignty were granted by God? divine right theory • Name one of four the purposes of government. Provide organization to address citizens’ needs Provide public order Provide national security Provide PUBLIC goods and services

4. Questions-9/17 • What is unitary power? • Which theory of the origin of the state says power and sovereignty grew from the family? • What is federal power?

5. Answers-9/17 • What is unitary power? A government where all power is held by one agency, a “central authority” • Which theory of the origin of the state says power and sovereignty grew from the family? evolution theory • What is federal power? A government where power is shared between the central and local units of government, “shared power”

6. Questions-9/19 • What is confederate power? • Which theory of the origin of the state says the state grew from the need for protection for outside threat? • What makes the U.S. a federal power?

7. Answers-9/19 • What is confederate power? A government where power is held by the , a “central authority” • Which theory of the origin of the state says the state grew from the need for protection for outside threat? force theory • What makes the U.S. a federal power? Power is shared between the national government (the central power) and the states’ governments (the local units)

8. Questions-9/23 • Who holds power in a constitutional monocracy? • What is the difference between an autocracy and an oligarchy? • What is one advantage of a direct democracy?

9. Answers-9/23 • Who holds power in a constitutional monocracy? The monarch, whose power is limited by a constitution (written or unwritten) • What is the difference between an autocracy and an oligarchy?Autocracy-power held by one person Oligarchy-power held by a small group • What is one advantage of a direct democracy? The citizens’ individual wishes are directly heard and addressed

10. Questions-9/25 • What does Magna Cartamean? • What two principles did the Magna Carta establish? • What is limited government?

11. Answers-9/25 • What does Magna Cartamean? Great Charter • What two principles did the Magna Carta establish? Rule of law and due process of law • What is limited government? The government is not “all-powerful” and has limits on what it can and cannot do—it only has the power to do that which the people give it the power to do

12. Questions-9/28 • What influential document gave English citizens individual rights such as freedom of speech and petition? • What influential document was written by English barons demanding limits on the king’s power? • What influential document prevented imprisonment without cause?

13. Answers-9/28 • What influential document was written by English barons demanding limits on the king’s power? The Magna Carta • What influential document prevented imprisonment without cause? The English Petition of Rights • What influential document gave English citizens individual rights such as freedom of speech and petition? The English Bill of Rights