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AG Chapter 1
American Government Notes Chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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government | the institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies |
public policies | all the things a government decides to do |
legislative power | the power to make laws |
executive power | the power to enforce and administer laws |
judicial power | the power to interpret laws |
dictatorship | a government in which all power rests with an individual or small group |
democracy | a government in which supreme authority rests with the people |
state | a body of people, living in a defined territory, with a government that can make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority |
sovereign | to have supreme and absolute power within a territory |
divine right | the theory that governments gain their authority from the will of God |