Key Terms
The power of a government that specifically holds the authority to interpret laws and settle disputes.
What is Judicial Power?
A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power is called this.
What is an Autocracy (or Dictatorship)?
The two bodies the legislative branch in the US is made of.
What is the house of representatives and Senate?
True/False: A Dictator can not exist in a sovereign state
What is true?
Out of the primary functions of government, this purpose is mainly concerned with defense and relations with other nations.
What is providing for the common defense?
The American economic system
What is capitalism?
A system where all power belongs to a single central agency is known as this type of government.
What is a Unitary government?
The amount of members in the US House of Representatives.
What is 435?
A foundational document outlining the fundamental laws, structures, and processes of a government.
What is a Constitution?
This basic economic law states that when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop.
What is the Law of Supply and Demand?
The constitutional provision and basic principle of federalism where powers are geographically divided.
What is Division of Powers?
A government in which the executive and legislative branches are separate, co-equal, and independent.
What is a Presidential government?
The way power is gained in a democracy.
What are elections?
A group of people living in a defined territory, organized politically, is defined as this.
What is a State?
This expression describes the necessary balance between individual freedom and absolute anarchy: "The right to swing my fist ends where...".
What is "...where the other person's nose begins"
Definition of government.
What is an institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies?
A government where members of the executive branch are also members of the legislative branch and subject to its direct control.
What is a Parliamentary government?
The 3 branches of government.
What is legislative, executive, and judicial?
The difference of how power is gained in a democracy vs. a dictator.
What are democratic elections and Force of dictatorship?
This theory states that early states originated when the strongest person or group took control by force.
What is Force Theory?
All of the goals a government sets and the various course of action it pursues as it attempts to realize these goals.
What is Public Policy?
An alliance of independent states joined together for common purposes is called this.
What is a Confederation?
One reason why taxation is acceptable in a democracy.
What is to provide services for the people?
By definition, to be considered a state, a body of people must have these two things.
What is a defined territory and sovereign government?
The 3 parts of the government's purpose.
Provide leadership, structure and take care of the people