14.1 Describe the key characteristics of the modern state

14.2 Explain theories of state power

14.3 Identify forms of authority and how they function

14.4 Describe the major forms of state governance in the modern world

14.5 Describe key characteristics of the U.S. political system

14.6 Apply sociological perspectives to understand war and its historical and contemporary functions

14.7 Take a sociological perspective on terrorists and terrorism in the modern world