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18 Cards in this Set
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Government |
institution through which a society makes and enforces public poloicies |
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Public Policy |
things the government decides to do |
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Legislative |
power to make laws |
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executive |
power to enforce law |
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judicial |
power to interpret laws & determine their meaning |
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constitution |
body of fundamental law setting principles,structures, and process of government |
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dictatorship |
power held by one person |
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democracy |
power held by people |
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state |
body of people living in a defined territory, has government and hadnpower to make laws |
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sovereign |
supreme and absolute power in its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies |
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autocracy |
1 person holds unlimited power |
not dictatorship |
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oligarchy |
power held by a group of people |
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unitary government |
centralized government |
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federal government |
powers are divided between central gov. and several local |
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division of power |
authority superior to central & local government |
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confederation |
alliance of independent states |
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presidential government |
separation of powers between legislative and executive branches |
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parliamentary government |
executive is made up of the prime minister |
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