US government chap 1 voc test

Any decision made by government in pursuit of a particular goal is called...

• policy

• public

• note

• decision

The supreme power to act within one's own territory and control one's external affairs is known as....

• sovereignty

• power

• democracy

• government

The formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made for a group of people is called...

• government

• politics

• officials

• refs

A political unit with the power to make and enforce laws over a group of people living within a clearly defined territory is called...

• state

• boundary

• national

• area

The right to rule according to important segments of a nation's population is known as....

• legitimacy

• policy

• queen

• king

A government headed by one person with supreme authority is called.

• monarchy

• direct

• democracy

• trump

A system in which one person or group who has unlimited power over the government is known as..

• dictorship

• republic

• monarchy

• federal system

A dictatorship ruled by a small group of people, usually members of the military or elite groups is called..

• oligarchy

• confederal system

• federal government

• democracy

A democracy in which citizens meet to discuss issues and vote

• direct democracy

• federal

• non-direct democracy

• monarchy

A democracy in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions for them is known as...

• republic

• democrats

• republicans

• roman