vocabulary quiz chapter one

Question 1

government

Answer 1

the institution through which a society makes and enforced its public policies

Question 2

public policies

Answer 2

all the things a government decides to do

Question 3

legislative power

Answer 3

the power to make laws and frame public policies

Question 4

executive power

Answer 4

the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws

Question 5

judicial power

Answer 5

the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within the society

Question 6

dictatorship

Answer 6

When the ultimate responsibility for the exercise of legislative, executive, and judicial power is held by a single person or by a small group; when one person holds all the power

Question 7

democracy

Answer 7

A form of government where the supreme authority rests with the people

Question 8

State

Answer 8

a body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority.

Question 9

Sovereignty

Answer 9

Ability of a state to have supreme and absolute power within its territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies.

Question 10

Federalism

Answer 10

division of power between the state government and the national government

Question 11

The social contract

Answer 11

People have the natural right to life, liberty, and the pursuit happiness. The contract is an agreement between the government and the people that the people will pay taxes and obey the government and in return the government will protect the people’s natural rights.