Unit 1- Principals of Government Pre-Assessment

The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

• public policies

• Government

• Dictatorship

• State

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

• law of supply and demand

• free enterprise system

• Autocracy

• Constitution

supreme authority rests with the people

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

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

• Government

• Democracy

• State

• Dictatorship

a government in which a single person holds unlimited political power

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within the society

• Legislative Power

• Executive Power

• Judicial Power

the power to make a law and to frame public policies

• Judicial Power

• Executive Power

• Legislative Power

the power to execute, enforce, and administer law

• Executive Power

• Legislative Power

• Judicial Power

those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Unitary Government

the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments.

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Unitary Government

• Federal Government