The growth in Texas’s population poses challenges for Texas such as ____________.

_________________ was an English philosopher whose works were highly read by many of the founding fathers and highly influenced many of their beliefs, especially Thomas Jefferson.   His Two Treatises on Government were known as his masterpieces with the second one being the more notable one.  He is known as the father of liberalism because he argued that there is a natural law that dictates that all human beings are born with natural rights (life, liberty, and property) and that governments should derive their consent from the governed.  Many say the intro to the Declaration of Independence is basically a plagiarism of his beliefs.

A system of rule in which formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of the government is referred to as ___________________________________.

A system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits on its power and seeks to absorb or eliminate other social institutions that might challenge it is known as ___________.

A system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits but may nevertheless be restrained by the power of other social institutions is known as ________________.

Government provides which of the following _________________.

The largest city in the state of Texas is ____________________.

A system of government in which the populace selects representatives, who play a significant role in governmental decision making is known as _____________________.  In other words a system where the people elect elites to govern on their behalf.

A form of government in which a single individual – a king, queen, or dictator – rules is known as _________________.

______________________________ is defined as institutions and procedures through which a territory and its people are ruled.  Another way of defining it is the people and institutions who preside and rule (or govern) over all of the other institutions within a given territory and conduct the public affairs of the state.