chapter one Flashcards
makes laws and changes existing laws based on the constitution and the bill of rights
Legislative branch:
enforces laws
Executive -
interpret laws
Judicial
Four characteristics of a state:
Population:
Territory:
Government:
sovereignty
large or small every state must be inhabited – thats is have a population
population
every state must have land, with known and recognized borders
territory
that state has absolute power within its territory. It can decide its own foreign and domestic policies
Sovereignty:
is the mechanism through which a state make and enforces its policies
government
Supreme authority rests with the people
Democracy:
Also called pure democracy
The people decide what is done
Works on a small local level
Direct democracy:
also called a representative democracy
A group of people chosen by the people to act as their representatives in government
Widely used at the national, state, and local levels
Indirect democracy:
Exists where on person or small group of people are held accountable to the will of people
Dictatorship:
a government in which one person holds unlimited political power
Autocracy -
a government in which power is held by a,small group of people
Oligarchy -
- a government ruled by religious leaders
Theocracy
a government ruled by king or queen
Monarchy -
Features a separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches
The executive (president) is chosen by the people
The executive is granted powers that is not controlled by the legislative branch
Powers of each is spelled out in the constitution
United states
Presidential:
The executive branch is made up of a prime minister
The executive branch is chosen by members of the legislature
The legislature can remove the prime minister
Separation of powers does not exist in a parliamentary system
Parliamentary:
differences between parliamentary government and presidential
Features a separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches – presidential
The legislature can remove the prime minister – parliamentary
what are the basic concepts of democracy
- Foundations of Democracy:
- Worth of the individuals:
- Equality of all persons:
- Majority Rule, minority rights:
- Compromise:
- Individual Freedom:
