world history vocab

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

the power to make LAWS and to frame public policies

the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws

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

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

form of government where supreme authority rests with the people

when a state has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies

a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite

a form of government in which powers are divided between a central government and several local governments

an adjustment of opposing principles or systems by modifying some aspect of each in order to find the position most acceptable to the majority