Magruders American Government Chapter 1
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| 902826606 | 1. Government | the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies. | 0 | |
| 902826607 | 2. Public Policies | all of those things a government decides to do: taxation, defense, education, crime, health care, transportation, the environment, and others. | 1 | |
| 902826608 | 3. Legislative Power | Power to make laws and to frame public policies | 2 | |
| 902826609 | 4. Executive Power | the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws | 3 | |
| 902826610 | 5. Judicial Power | the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning and to settle disputes | 4 | |
| 902826611 | 6. Constitution | the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government | 5 | |
| 902826612 | 7. Dictatorship | the responsibility for the exercise of the three powers are held by a single person or small group | 6 | |
| 902826613 | 9. State | 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 | 7 | |
| 902826614 | 10. Sovereign | supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies | 8 | |
| 902826615 | Democracy | the power rest with a majority of the people. Supreme authority rest with the people. | 9 | |
| 902826616 | Sovreign | (every state) has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies. | 10 | |
| 902826617 | The Force Theory | state was born of force | 11 | |
| 902826618 | The Evolution Theory | state developed naturally out of the early family | 12 | |
| 902826619 | The Divine Right Theory | God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth a "divine right" to rule. | 13 | |
| 902826620 | The Social Contract Theory | the state arose out of a voluntary act of free people. The state exists only to serve the will of the people. They are the sole source of political power. | 14 | |
| 902826621 | Autocracy | a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power. | 15 | |
| 902826622 | Oligarchy | a government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite. | 16 | |
| 902826623 | Unitary Government | a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency. | 17 | |
| 902826624 | Federal Government | the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments. | 18 | |
| 902826625 | Division of Powers | basic principle of federalism. Governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis. | 19 | |
| 902826626 | Confederation | an alliance of independent states | 20 | |
| 902826627 | Presidential Government | a form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate independent, and coequal. | 21 | |
| 902826628 | Parliamentary Government | a form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that official's cabinet. | 22 | |
| 902826629 | Compromise | the process of blending and adjusting competing views and interest. | 23 | |
| 902826630 | Free Enterprise System | America's economic system. Based on four fundamental factors (also called capitalism) a. private ownership b. individual initiative c. profit d. competition | 24 | |
| 902826631 | Law of Supply and Demand | when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop. When supplies become scarcer, prices tend to rise. | 25 | |
| 902826632 | Mixed Economy | an economy in which private enterprise exist in combination with considerable amount of government regulation and promotion. | 26 | |
| 902826633 | Democracy | the power rest with a majority of the people. Supreme authority rest with the people. | 27 | |
| 902826634 | State | a body of people living in a defined territory, organized politically, power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority. | 28 | |
| 902826635 | Sovreign | (every state) has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies. | 29 | |
| 902826636 | The Evolution Theory | state developed naturally out of the early family | 30 | |
| 902826637 | The Divine Right Theory | God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth a "divine right" to rule. | 31 | |
| 902826638 | The Social Contract Theory | the state arose out of a voluntary act of free people. The state exists only to serve the will of the people. They are the sole source of political power. | 32 | |
| 902826639 | Autocracy | a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power. | 33 | |
| 902826640 | Oligarchy | a government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite. | 34 | |
| 902826641 | Unitary Government | a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency. | 35 | |
| 902826642 | Federal Government | the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments. | 36 | |
| 902826643 | Division of Powers | basic principle of federalism. Governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis. | 37 | |
| 902826644 | Confederation | an alliance of independent states | 38 | |
| 902826645 | Presidential Government | a form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate independent, and coequal. | 39 | |
| 902826646 | Parliamentary Government | a form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that official's cabinet. | 40 | |
| 902826647 | Compromise | the process of blending and adjusting competing views and interest. | 41 | |
| 902826648 | Free Enterprise System | America's economic system. Based on four fundamental factors (also called capitalism) a. private ownership b. individual initiative c. profit d. competition | 42 | |
| 902826649 | Law of Supply and Demand | when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop. When supplies become scarcer, prices tend to rise. | 43 | |
| 902826650 | Mixed Economy | an economy in which private enterprise exist in combination with considerable amount of government regulation and promotion. | 44 |
