Characteristics
The institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies.
What is government?
Popular usage (word) for a STATE as a legal entity.
What is nation or country?
Jefferson stated that all men are created...
What is equal?
Another name for the free enterprise system used in the U.S.
What is capitalism?
Abraham Lincoln famously defined this form of government in the 1863 Gettysburg Address when he described America as, "government of the people, by the people and for the people."
What is democracy?
Branch of government that has the power to make laws and frame public policy.
What is legislative power?
This characteristic of state describes the people living in that region
What is population?
In a democracy, the will of the people is dictated by this.
What is majority rule?
When goods are plentiful, prices drop. When goods are scarce, prices rise.
What is the law of supply and demand?
An alliance of independent states.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: A modern example of this form of government.
*You must answer both parts of the question at the same time to receive DOUBLE JEOPARDY credit.
What is a confederation?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY ANSWER: What is the EU (European Union)?
Branch of government that has the power to execute, enforce, and administer the law.
What is executive power?
Recognized boundaries and land belonging to a state
What is territory?
This process of blending and adjusting competing views is essential to ensure effective democracy.
What is compromise?
This type of economy includes some degree of government regulation combined with private enterprise.
What is a mixed economy?
Government powers are divided between one central and several local governments.
What is a federal government?
Branch of government that has the power to interpret laws and determine their meaning.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: The highest ruling body of this branch in the U.S.
*You must answer the DOUBLE JEOPARDY question at the same time to receive credit.
What is judicial power?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY answer: What is the United States Supreme Court?
Every state has supreme and absolute power within its own territory.
What is sovereignty?
What is "where the other man's nose begins"?
Areas of economic life promoted by government funding. (Give at least 3 examples)
What are:
-public education?
-first responders (fire, police, EMT)?
-public transportation systems?
-roads/infrastructure?
Power is held by the government in a single, centralized agency.
What is unitary government?
The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of government.
What is a constitution?
Every state needs this to avoid what English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588 1679) called "the war of every man against every man."
What is government?
The Supreme Court ruled that this foundational right was denied to African Americans in Brown vs. Board of Education.
What is the equality of all persons?
Laws that regulate business practices in order to promote competition
What are antitrust laws?
Dictators may rule with unlimited power in either single-rule or small, elite-rule governments.
Who are autocracy and oligarchy?