American Government Chapter 1 Sections 1-3

Pregunta	Respuesta
State	A political community that occupies a definite territory and has an organized government with the power to make and enforce laws without approval from any higher authority.
Nation	A group of people who share the same race, language, customs, traditions, and, sometimes, religion.
Nation-state	A country in which the territory of both the nation and the state coincide.
Consensus	An agreement about basic beliefs
sovereignty	The supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries.
government	The institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces decisions on citizens.
social contract	The theory that people surrender to the state the power needed to maintain order, and the state, in turn, agrees to protect its citizens.

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