Principles of Government 1.1

_____________ is the institution through which society makes and enforces its public policies.

• States

• Government

• Law

• Democracy

The ________ of the government are, in short, all of those things a government decides to do.

• Powers

• Sovereignty

• Public Policies

• Policy

The power to make laws and frame public policies is known as?

• Judicial power

• Executive power

• Legislative power

The power to execute, enforce, and administer laws is known as?

• Judicial power

• Executive power

• Legislative power

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

• Judicial power

• Executive power

• Legislative power

In this form of government, those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people.

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

In a _______, supreme authority rests with the people.

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

This Greek philosopher observed that "man is by nature a political animal".

• John Locke

• Aristotle

• Thomas Hobbes

A body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority.

• State

• Country

• Region

• Territory

Every state is a _______ that has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies.

• Success

• Establishment

• Power

• Sovereign