Vocabulary
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Government
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100
the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies. is called what?
What is government
100
What is a dictatorship?
What is a form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority
100
A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power is called an?
What is an autocracy
100
What U.S. document created a "firm league of friendship" among the 13 states?
What at the Articles of Confederation
100
What is the world’s most populous state? What is the world’s largest state?
What is China and Russia
200
all of the things a government decides to do. are called what?
What are public policies
200
Supreme authority rests with the people in a what?
What is a democracy
200
A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite
What is an oligarchy
200
What is mentioned more often in the Constitution than any of the other functions of government?
What is defense
200
What is direct democracy? Where does it exist?
What is exists where the will of the people is translated into public policy directly by the people themselves, in mass meetings. It does not exist anywhere in the world on the national level. However, it does exist in New England town meetings and in small cantons in Switzerland.
300
What is legislative power?
What is the power to make laws and to frame public policies
300
The joining of several groups for a common purpose is called a?
What is a confederation
300
Is often described as a centralized government. All powers held by the government belong to a single, central agency
What is a unitary government
300
Who does supreme political authority rest with in a democracy?
Who are the people
300
What is indirect democracy?
What is representative democracy. A small group of persons, chosen by the people to act as their representatives, express the popular will. They are held accountable to the people for their conduct, especially at periodic elections.
400
What is executive power?
What is the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws
400
An adjustment of opposing principles or systems by modifying some aspect of each is called?
What is a compromise
400
A government in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments.
What is a federal government
400
What is the state?
What is can be defined as a body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority.
400
Most modern dictatorships have tended to be what?
What is totalitarian
500
What is judicial power?
What is the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within society
500
Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis is called what?
What is division of powers
500
A form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and the official’s cabinet is called what?
What is Parliamentary Government
500
Where does a dictatorship exist?
What is exists where those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people. The government is not held accountable for its policies, nor for how they are carried out.
500
What is the law of supply and demand?
What is when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices will tend to drop; when supplies become scarce, prices will very likely rise.
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