Organizations that maintain a monopoly of violence over a given territory are called
A) nations.
B) states.
C) governments.
D) regimes.

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While all four options are related to governing bodies and their authority, only "states" specifically refers to organizations that hold a monopoly of violence over a given territory. Nations refer to groups of people with shared cultural or ethnic identity, governments are structures for making decisions and implementing policies, and regimes refer to specific forms of government or rule.

Organizations That Maintain a Monopoly of Violence Over a Given