What is the state of nature?

A theoretical situation humans lived in before governments.

What is a population?

The group of people who are the members or citizens of a state

What is anarchy?

A system with no government.

What is a constitution?

The rulebook for a country's government

What is legitimacy?

When citizens see a law as worthy of following, and have a say in the lawmaking process

What is the social contract?

An agreement between a government and its citizens which allows the government to govern

What is a territory?

The area in which a state's rule applies.

What is a theocracy?

A government that recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority.

What is separation of powers?

When power is divided among several branches of government.

What is procedural fairness?

When the government has rules for legal proceedings, the government follows those legal proceedings, and those legal proceedings are fair.

Who is Thomas Hobbes?

A political theorist who thought that humans were naturally violent and selfish, and that a single sovereign should have total power.

What is a government?

An entity with the duties to protect the country, keep order, help citizens, and make laws

What is direct democracy?

A system in which Individual citizens are directly involved in government, such as lawmaking and acting as judges.

What is consent of the governed?

When citizens of a country give their permission to be governed by the government.

What is the rule of law?

When laws are fair, enforced, and nobody is above the law

What is the right to liberty?

The natural right that ensures an individual's ability to make their own decisions.

What is a state?

An entity that does not have to check with any higher authority in order to make and enforce laws, has its own government, and is its highest authority.

What is a constitutional monarchy?

A system in which monarchs share power with other parts of government.

What are the rights of the minority?

When the rights of small or popular groups regardless of what the majority believes.

What is access to justice?

When citizens have a way to enforce their rights

What is citizens ability to hold governments accountable?

The fundamental issue that Thomas Hobbes and John Locke disagreed on.

What is sovereignty?

The ability to rule absolutely within a territory.

What is a representative democracy?

The type of government that the United States has.

What is the reason for limiting government?

Restricting individual power and holding governments accountable.

What is equal application of the law?

When nobody is above the law, not even elected officials, and the judicial system treats everyone the same.