ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Government - CORRECT ANSWERS the institution through which a
society makes and enforces public policies
Public policies - CORRECT ANSWERS all of the many goals that
government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is
involved
Legislative power - CORRECT ANSWERS the power to make laws and
to frame public policies
Exceutive power - CORRECT ANSWERS The power to execute,
enforce and administer laws
Judicial power - CORRECT ANSWERS the power to interpret laws, to
determine their meaning and to settle disputes that arise within the society
Constitution - CORRECT ANSWERS the body of fundamental laws
setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government
Dictatorship - CORRECT ANSWERS a form of government in which
the leader has absolute power and authority
Democracy - CORRECT ANSWERS a form in government in which the
supreme authority rests with the people
, State - CORRECT ANSWERS 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
Sovereign - CORRECT ANSWERS when a state has absolute power in
its own territory
Social Contract Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS ideas from John Locke
(England) and Jean Jacques Rousseau (France) the theory argues that the states
arose out of a voluntary act of free people
Unitary government - CORRECT ANSWERS "centralized government"
all powers held by the government belong to a single, central agency
Federal government - CORRECT ANSWERS a form of government in
which the powers of government are divided between a central government and
several local government
Confederate government - CORRECT ANSWERS an alliance of
independent states
Presidential government - CORRECT ANSWERS a separation of powers
between the executive and the legislative branches of the government
Parliamentary government - CORRECT ANSWERS the executive
branch is made up of the prime minister or premier and that official's cabinet
Majority rule - CORRECT ANSWERS in a democracy, the majority of
the people will be right more often than they will be wrong, and will be right
more often than will any one person or small group