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22 Cards in this Set
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Government |
The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies |
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Public policy |
All of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved |
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Legislative power |
The power to make a law and to frame public policies |
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Executive power |
Those powers that can be exercised by the National Government |
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Judicial power |
The power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes within the society |
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Constitution |
The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and process of a government |
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Dictatorship |
A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority |
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Democracy |
A form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people |
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State |
A body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce a law without the consent of any higher authority |
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Sovereign |
Having supreme power within its own territory, neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority |
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Autocracy |
A form of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power |
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Oligarchy |
A form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite |
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Unitary government |
A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency |
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Federal government |
A form of government in which powers are divided between central government and several local governments |
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Division of powers |
Basic principles of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which government powers are divided on a geographic basis |
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Confederation |
A joining of several groups for a common purpose |
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Presidential government |
A form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate, independent, and coequal |
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Parliamentary government |
A form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and the that officials cabinet |
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Compromise |
An adjustment of opposing principles or systems by modifying some aspect of each |
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Free enterprise system |
An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods; investments that are determined by private decision rather than by state control, and determined in a free market |
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Law of supply and demand |
A law which states that when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop when supplies become scarce prices rise |
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Mixed economy |
An economy in which private enterprises exists in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion |
