Chapter 1 and 2 Government Test Review

What is an institution through which society makes and enforces its public policies?

• Constitution

• State

• Government

• The White House

Term for a body of basic laws setting out the principles , structures, and processes of a government

• Politics

• Legislative Power

• Nation

• Constitution

Process by which government is conducted

• Politics

• Executive Power

• Sovereign

• Country

1. actions a government decides to create and carry out
2. ranges from taxation, defense, education, crime, and health care.

• Capitalism

• Public Policy

• Legislative Power

• Politics

What is the power to make laws and frame public policies?

• Executive Power

• Judicial Power

• Legislative Power

• Speaking Power

What is the power to interpret laws and to determine their meaning?

• Super Power

• Judicial Power

• Legislative Power

• Executive Power

The power to execute, enforce, or administer laws

• Executive Power

• Judicial Power

• Mind-Reading Power

• Legislative Power

SELECT 4

A state has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

• Population (People)

• Territory (Borders)

• Government

• Common Language

• Sovereignty

Ethnic term referring to races or large groups of people

• Nation

• Country

• State

• Posse

Geographic term referring to a particular place, region, or area of land

• Way Out Yonder

• Nation

• Country

• State