The institution through which society makes and enforces its public policies.
What is government?
100
Says that the state was born out of force.
What is The Force Theory?
100
A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite.
What is an oligarchy?
100
This is a basic concept of democracy: The worth of the ________________.
What is individual?
100
An economic system based on private ownership, individual initiative, profit, and competition.
What is free enterprise?
200
The power to execute, enforce, and administer laws. The President or Governor has this.
What is Executive Power?
200
It held that God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth right to rule. If one questioned the King, they actually questioned God.
What is The Divine Right of Kings?
200
A government in which supreme political authority rests with the people.
What is a democracy?
200
This is a concept of democracy: _______________ of all persons.
What is equality?
200
An economy in which private enterprise works in combination with government regulation.
What is a mixed economy?
300
The power to make law and frame public policies. Congress has this.
What is Legislative Power?
300
Says that the State developed naturally out of the early family.
What is the Evolutionary Theory?
300
A government in which those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people; usually has one leader; taken by force, kept for force, often lost by force.
What is a dictatorship?
300
This is a concept of democracy: majority rules, minority _______________
What is rights?
300
When supply is higher than demand, prices go _______.
What is down?
400
The power to interpret laws and settle disputes. The Courts have this.
What is Judicial Power?
400
When people within a given area agreed to give up to the state as much power as was needed to promote the safety and well-being of all.
What is the Social Contract?
400
A government in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments. The US has this kind.
What is a federal government?
400
This is a concept of democracy: necessity of _________________________
What is compromise?
400
When demand is higher than supply, prices go ______.
What is up?
500
The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government.
What is a Constitution?
500
The supreme and absolute power within a state's own territory to make foreign and domestic policies.
What is sovereignty?
500
This government features a separation of powers between the executive and the legislative branches.
What is a presidential government?
500
This is a concept of democracy: ________________ freedom.
What is individual?
500
A free enterprise system is also known as a market economy and _______________.