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22 Cards in this Set
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Government
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the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies
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Public Policies
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all of the goals a government sets and the various sources of action it pursues as it attempts to realize those goals
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Legislative Power
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the power to make laws and to frame public policies
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Executive Power
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the power to execute, enforce, and administer law
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Judicial Power
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the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning
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Constitution
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body of fundamental laws setting out principles, structures, process of government
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Dictatorship
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a form of government in which the leader has absolute powers and authority
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Democracy
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a form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people
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State
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a body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce between without the consent of any higher authority
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Sovereign
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having a supreme power within its own territory, neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority
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Autocracy
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a government in which a single person holds unlimtited political power
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Oligarchy
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a government in which to power to rule is held by a small, usually self appointed elite
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Unitary Government
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a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single person, central agency
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Federal Government
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a form of government in which powers are divided between a central government and several local arguments
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Division of Powers
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basic principles of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis
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Confederation
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alliance of independent states
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Presidental Government
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a form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separated, independent, and coequal
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Parlimentary Government
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a form of government in which the executive branch is made up of prime minister, or premier, and that official's cabinet
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Compromise
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an adjustment of opposing priniciples or systems by modifying some spect of each
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Free Enterprise System
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an economic systems 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 freemarker
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Law of supply & demand
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a law which states that when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop when prices become scarcer they rise
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Mixed economy
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an economy in which private enterprise exists in combinations with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion
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