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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 policy
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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
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The power to make a law and to frame public policies
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Executive power
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Those powers that can be exercised by the National Government
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Judicial power
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The power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes within the society
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Constitution
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The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and process of a government
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Dictatorship
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A form of government in which the leader has absolute power 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 a law without the consent of any higher authority
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Sovereign
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Having supreme power within its own territory, neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority
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Autocracy
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A form of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power
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Oligarchy
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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
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A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency
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Federal government
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A form of government in which powers are divided between central government and several local governments
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Division of powers
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Basic principles of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which government powers are divided on a geographic basis
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Confederation
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A joining of several groups for a common purpose
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Presidential government
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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
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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
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An adjustment of opposing principles or systems by modifying some aspect of each
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Free enterprise system
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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
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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
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An economy in which private enterprises exists in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion
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