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AG Chapter 1
American Government Notes Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |