U.S. Government Topic 1 Vocab Quiz

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

• The Supreme Court

• Congress

• Government

• State

All of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved.

• Public policies

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Constitution

a body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically (that is, with a government), and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority

• Government

• State

• City

• Town

a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments like States.

• Anarchy

• Populism

• Capitalism

• Federalism

the six basic ________ of governing are popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism.

basic principle of American government, which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away

• Tyranny

• Freedom

• Limited government

• Limitless government

the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws

• executive power

• legislative power

• judicial power

• pointless power

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

• executive power

• judicial power

• legislative power

• pointless power

system of government in which public policies are made by officials selected by the voters and held accountable in periodic elections

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• anarchy

• monarchy

form of government where supreme authority rests with the people

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship