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Civics Midterm Revie
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| government | institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies |
| public policies | all of the things a gov. decides to do to keep the public safe |
| legislative power | power to make law and frame public policies |
| executive power | power to execute, enforce, and administer law |
| judicial power | power to interpret laws, determine their meaning, and settle disputes |
| constitution | body of fundamental laws setting out principles, structures, and processes of a gov. |
| dictatorship | responsibility for the exercise of powers is held by a single person or small group of people |
| democracy | responsibility for the exercise of powers rest with the majority of the people |
| state | body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically (with a gov) |
| sovereign | supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies. |
| autocracy | gov. in which one person holds unlimited political power |
| oligarchy | gov. in which the power to rule is held by a small elite |
| federal gov. | powers of gov. are divided between a central gov and several local govs |
| division of powers | an authority superior to both the central and local govs makes the division of powers on a geographic basis. |
| confederation | alliance of independent states |
| presidential gov. | separation of powers between the executive and the legislative branches of the gov. |
| parliamentary gov. | the executive is made up of the prime minister and the official's cabinet |
| compromise | the matter by which the position most acceptable to the largest number is found |
| free enterprise system | American economic system |
| law of supply and demand | when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices drop |
| mixed economy | an economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of gov regulation and promotion |
| Preamble | short noteworthy introduction of the constitution |
| articles | the seven numbered sections in the constitution |
| constitutionalism | the gov must be conducted according to constitutional principles |
| rule of law | gov and its officers are always subject to the law |
| separation of powers | basic powers of law are distributed into three branches |
| checks and balances | each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks by the other branches |
| veto | reject an act of Congress |
| judicial review | power of courts to determine whether what gov does is in accord with what the Constitution provides |
| unconstitutional | illegal, null and void, of no force and effect |
| federalism | division of power among a central gov and several regional govs |
| chief of state | |
| chief executive | |
| chief administrator |
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