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Chapter 1 Civics
To help study for chapter 1 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Government | The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies |
| Public Policies | All of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved |
| Legislative Power | The power to make a law and frame public policies |
| Executive Power | The power to execute, enforce, and administer law |
| Judicial Power | The power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning and to settle disputes within the society |
| Constitution | The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures and processes of a government |
| State | A body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority |
| Force Theory | One person or a small group claimed control over an area and forced all within it to submit to that person's or group's rule. |
| Evolutionary Theory | The idea that the state developed naturally our of the early family |
| Divine Right Theory | Holds that god created the state and that god had given those of royal birth a divine right to rule |
| Social Contract Theory | Human beings agree with one another to create the state |
| Democracy | A form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people |
| Direct Democracy | The will of the people is translated into public policy directly by the people themselves in mass meetings. |
| Indirect Democracy | A small group of people, chosen by the people to act of their representatives, express the popular will. |
| Dictatorship | A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority. |
| Autocracy | A form of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power |
| Oligarchy | A form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, self-appointed elite. |
| Unitary Government | A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency. |
| Federal Government | A form of government in which powers are divided between a central government and several local governments. |
| Confederate Government | An alliance of independent states |
| Presidential Government | features a seperation of powers between the executive and legistlative branches of the government. |
| Parliamentary Government | A form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that official's cabinet |
| Compromise | Finding the position most acceptable to the largest number. |
| Free Enterprise System | An economic system characterized by the private ownership of capital goods, investments made by private decision, not by government directive and success or failure determined by competition in the marketplace |
| Law of Supply and Demand | When supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop. |
| Mixed Economy | An economy in which private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion. |
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