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10 Cards in this Set
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power to make laws
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legislative power
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power to execute, enforce and administer laws
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executive power
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power to interpret the laws and determine their meaning
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judicial power
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a body of fundamental laws that sets the principles structures and processes of a government
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constitution
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single person or small group who rule who cannot responsible to the will of the people
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dictatorship
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a government in which supreme authority rests with the people
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democracy
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a body of people living in a defined territory that has a government to make thier own laws. there 190 in the qorld today.
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state
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all of the things a government decides to do including taxation, defense, education,crime, healthcare, and transportation
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public policies
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institution through which government enforces its public policies
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government
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a state which has absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies
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sovereign
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