Unit 1 - Foundations 2

Question 1

AUTOCRACY

Answer 1

a system of government but one person with absolute power

Question 2

COMPROMISE

Answer 2

a settlement of differences in which each side gives up something

Question 3

CONFEDEREDATION

Answer 3

alliance of independent states

Question 4

CONSTITUTION

Answer 4

body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government

Question 5

DEMCRACY

Answer 5

supreme authority rests with the people

Question 6

DICTATORSHIP

Answer 6

those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people

Question 7

DIVISION OF POWERS

Answer 7

basic principle of federalism

Question 8

EXECUTIVE POWER

Answer 8

enforce and administer laws

Question 9

FEDERAL GOVERMNENT

Answer 9

composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial

Question 10

FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM

Answer 10

private ownership of goods, investment by private decision, success or failure determined by marketplace

Question 11

GOVERNMENT

Answer 11

the institutions whose public policies are made for a society

Question 12

JUDICIAL POWER

Answer 12

the power to interpret laws

Question 13

LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND

Answer 13

when supplies are good, prices go down

Question 14

LEGISLATIVE POWER

Answer 14

power to make laws

Question 15

MIXED ECONOMY

Answer 15

private enterprise exists in combination with a considerable amount of government regulation and promotion

Question 16

OLIGARCHY

Answer 16

a small group hold power

Question 17

PARLIAMENTARY GOVERMENT

Answer 17

the executive is made up of the prime minister or premier, and that official’s cabinet

Question 18

PRESIDENTIAL GOVERMENT

Answer 18

executive and legislative are separate but equal

Question 19

PUBLIC POLICIES

Answer 19

anything the government decides to do

Question 20

SOVEREIGN

Answer 20

supreme and absolute authority within its own territory

Question 21

STATE

Answer 21

a body of people in a defined territory, organized politically that can make and carry out laws

Question 22

UNITARY GOVERNMENT

Answer 22

centralized government