Gov. final exam study flashcardizz

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What is the power to make law and frame public policies called?

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Legislative power

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What is a body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of government?

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Constitution

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What type of government is often described as a centralized government where all powers belong to a single, central agency?

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Unitary Government

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What is the term for independent states that agree to form a union but may still retain their separate identities?

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Confederation

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What power interprets laws, determines their meaning, and settles disputes within a society?

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Judicial Power

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What structure requires that power be divided between a state's central and local levels of government?

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Federal Government

Front

What plan called for representation in Congress by population or by the amount of money given to the central government?

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Virginia Plan

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What agreement stated that in Congress, States be represented equally in the Senate and by population in the House?

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Connecticut Compromise

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Who supported the new Constitution? Options: Anti-Federalists, Federalists, Loyalists, Patriots

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Federalists

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What is the English charter that limited the power of the monarchy?

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Magna Carta