| Term | Definition |
|---|
| state | a political community that occupies a defnite territory and has an organized government with the power to make and enforce laws without approval from higher authority |
| nation | group of people untied by bond of race, language, custom, tradition, and sometimes religion |
| nation-state | a country in which territory of both the nation and the state coincide |
| consensus | and agreement about basic beliefs |
| sovereignty | the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries |
| government | the institution throufht which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces binding decisions on citizens |
| social contract | theory that by contract, 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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