Chapter 1, Part 1

The institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies is called

• sovereignty
• government
• politics
• judicial power

Supreme and absolute power within its own territory (not being subject to any higher authority) is called

• sovereignty
• government
• politics
• judicial power

The process by which citizens allocate (divide) authority and power is called

• sovereignty
• government
• politics
• judicial power

The power to interpret the laws is

• sovereignty
• government
• politics
• judicial power

The concept of "consent of the governed" suggests that governments get their authority from

• their citizens
• God
• the military
• the leader

Under Social Contract theory, people willingly sacrificed

• certain freedoms for security
• security for certain freedoms
• security for protection of their property
• their property for their freedoms

The power to make laws and frame public policy is called

• judicial power
• legislative power
• executive power
• federal power

All the things a government decides to do is called

• governance
• public policy
• politics
• executive power

The idea that God created the state and chose the best people to run it is called

• force theory
• divine right theory
• social contract theory
• evolutionary theory

Social Contract theory was created as a reaction to 

• force theory
• divine right theory
• social contract theory
• evolutionary theory