Vocab Flashcards
Citizen
Is one who holds both rights and responsibilities in a state
Confederation
Is an alliance of Independent states
Executive power
The power to execute, enforce, and administer laws
Free enterprise system
An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods
Judicial power
The power to interpret laws
Legislative power
The power to make laws into frame public policies
Majority rule
In a democracy , The majority of the people will be right more often then they will be wrong, and will be right more often then will anyone person or small group
Oligarchy
Is a government in which the power to rule is held by small, usually self-appointed elite
Presidential government
Features a separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of the government
Civics
The study of becoming a American citizen
Democracy
A form of government in which the supreme authority rest with the people
Government
Is an organization that provides rules regulations for people to live by
Dictatorship
A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority
Public policies
All of the many goals that a government pursues in many areas of human affairs in what it is involved
Constitution
Is the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government
State
Body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any high authority
Sovereignty
Has to print power within one’s own territory; neither subordinate nor responsible to Any other authority
Federal Government
Is one in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments
Compromise
Is the process of blending in adjusting competing views and interests
Autocracy
Is a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power
