Powers of Government
The basic power that all governments have
What is enforcing public policies?
Population, territory, government, and sovereignty
What are the 4 characteristics of a country?
The social contract, the evolution theory, the Divine Right of Kings, the force theory
What are the theories about the origins of government?
An introductory statement in the Constitution
What is the Preamble?
Citizen Participation
What is the most important feature in democracy?
The 3 basic powers of government
What are the Legislative, executive, and judicial powers?
The amount of citizens in a country
What is population?
The primary theory that scientists use to determine the origins of government
What is the social contract theory?
Room for improvement in America
What is creating a more perfect union?
Presidential System
What is the United States government?
The Senate and the House of Representatives
What is Congress?
Power to collect taxes
What is a feature of government?
The process of establishing a new government using of force
What is the force theory?
A written Constitution in a single document
What is a written constitution?
Royalty rules over a country
What is a monarchy?
The elected chief of a country
What is a President?
A government has to generate funds to carry out its policies
What is Revenue?
What is a theory of the origin of government?
To prevent people from creating unjust laws
What is the importance of a written constitution?
Interactions through the laws of a society over a social system
What is the governing process?
A court system and The U.S. senate
What is the Judicial Branch?
The land in which a country has control over
What is territory?
The origin of government held in a Monarchy
What is the Divine Right of Kings Theory?
Promoting General welfare
What is free medical?
The geographic distribution of governmental power within the country
What is a way in which government is classified?