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Citizen

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Is one who holds both rights and responsibilities in a state

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Confederation

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Is an alliance of Independent states

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Executive power

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The power to execute, enforce, and administer laws

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Free enterprise system

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An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods

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Judicial power

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The power to interpret laws

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Legislative power

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The power to make laws into frame public policies

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Majority rule

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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

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Oligarchy

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Is a government in which the power to rule is held by small, usually self-appointed elite

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Presidential government

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Features a separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of the government

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Civics

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The study of becoming a American citizen

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Democracy

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A form of government in which the supreme authority rest with the people

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Government

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Is an organization that provides rules regulations for people to live by

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Dictatorship

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A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority

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Public policies

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All of the many goals that a government pursues in many areas of human affairs in what it is involved

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Constitution

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

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State

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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

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Sovereignty

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Has to print power within one’s own territory; neither subordinate nor responsible to Any other authority

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Federal Government

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Is one in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments

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Compromise

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Is the process of blending in adjusting competing views and interests

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Autocracy

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Is a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power

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