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government   show
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show all the things a government decides to do  
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show the power to make laws  
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show the power to enforce and administer laws  
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show the power to interpret laws  
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dictatorship   show
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democracy   show
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show 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  
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show to have supreme and absolute power within a territory  
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show he theory that governments gain their authority from the will of God  
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autocracy   show
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show government in which a small, usually self-appointed group has the sole power to rule  
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unitary government   show
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show a government in which power is divided between one central and several local governments  
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division of powers   show
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confederation   show
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show a government with separate executive and legislative branches  
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show a government in which the executive branch is part of the legislative branch and subject to its control  
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show the principle that the will of the majority controls the actions of government  
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show the process of blending and adjusting competing views and interests  
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citizen   show
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show an economic system characterized by the private ownership of capital goods, private investment, and a competitive marketplace that determines success or failure  
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limited government   show
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representative government   show
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Magna Carta   show
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due process   show
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show a document signed in 1628 that required the English king to obey the law of the land and increased the influence of Parliament  
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show a document signed in 1689 that required free elections and guaranteed many basic rights, such as due process and trial by jury, to all English citizens  
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show a written grant of authority from the king  
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bicameral   show
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proprietary   show
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unicameral   show
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Ordered government   show
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show Individual citizens have basic rights There are limits on government power  
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Representative government   show
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