Vocab 1
What is a Democracy?
A system of government that is governed by the people of the state
What is a dictatorship?
A government in which the entire state is controlled by one person alone.
What is an Oligarchy?
An oligarchy is a government where the power is held by a small group of people.
What is a federal government?
A government with a central power where the power is divided into equal groups.
What is The Division of Power?
The base principle of federalism.
What does it mean to be sovereign?
The country or state has supreme power over it's own territories.
What is a Public Policy?
All the goals that the government pursues.
What is a confederation?
It is the joining of several states with the same goals.
What is a Parlimentary goverment?
A system of government that has real executive power vested to a cabinet made of the memebers of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature.
What is the executive power?
The executive power is the section of government that enforces the law.
What is the legislative power?
The only part of government that can make new or edit existing laws.
What is a government?
The governing body of a nation, state, or community. Can be split into multiple sections, controlled by the people, or have complete control over them, etc.
What is a state?
A state is a body of people that live in a defined area that has a government with the power to make and enforce laws without the permission from a higher authority.
What is an autocracy?
A form of government in which a singe person holds unlimited political power.
What is a unitary government?
A centralized government in which all the power belongs to one, central agency.
What is a presidential government?
A type of government in which the executive and legislative branches are separated and equal.
What does it mean to compromise?
An agreement made by two opposing sides to meet and both agree on a solution to a problem.
What is a free enterprise system?
An economic system that is characterized by private of corporate ownership of capital goods.
What exactly is the law of supply and demand?
A law of sorts that states when the supplies of goods and services are thriving, the prices tend to drop, and when the opposite happens, such as the services become harder to come by, the prices will rise.
What is a mixed economy?
A mixed economy is an economy where private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion.
What does it mean to have judicial power?
Authority, both constitutional and legal, given to courts and judges to preside over and render judgment on court worthy cases.
What is a constitution?
A constitution defines the procedure in which laws are made and by whom.
BONUS (because I totally didn't lose my vocab list)
When was the declaration of independence signed?
August 2, 1776
Bonus (i swear i didn't lose my vocab list :P)
What type of government does the U.S. have?
It is a split of multiple types. Such including:
Federation, liberal democracy, federal republic, presidential system, and constitutional republic.
BONUS (ok, i admit, maybe i DID lose my vocab list)
What day do we celebrate our independence on?
The fourth day of July