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| Institution through which a society makes and enforces public polices. |
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| Group of people living in a boundary with a govt. that has power to make and enforce without the consent of a higher govt. |
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Legislative
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| Three powers of every government |
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| Subject to no higher authority within its territory |
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| Forceful authority by a group or person |
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| Natural out growth through increasingly larger communities. |
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| those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people |
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| Two types of Dictatorships |
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| popular sovereignty (rule by the people) |
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| Two different types of democracy |
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| People directly make public laws |
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| People elect officials to do government work. Also known as representative democracy. |
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Unitary Govt.
Federal Govt.
Confederate Govt. |
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| three forms of govt. classified under geographic distribution of power |
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| all powers held by govt. belong to single govt. which creates local units of govt. when needed. |
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| powers of govt. divided between a central govt. and local govt. |
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| alliances of independent states |
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| Type of govt. where Executive and Legislative are separated and have equal powers |
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| Govt. where executive is made up of the prime minister or premier and their cabinet belongs to legislative branch |
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| When supplies are low prices rise and supplies are high prices drop. |
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| Govt. participates in the economy to protect the public that preserve private enterprise. |
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| dictatorship which one person holds all power |
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| dictatorship held by small usually self appointed elite |
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