Government and the State

The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies. It is made up of those people who exercise its powers, all those who have authority and control over people.

• Public policy

• Government

• State

• Sovereignty

All of those things the government decides to do and implement is....

• Government

• State

• Population

• Public Policy

What are some activities associated with government?

• Education

• Health Care

• The environment

• Defense

The power to make law and to frame public policies.

• Legislative power

• Executive power

• Judicial power

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

• Executive power

• Legislative power

• Judicial power

• War power

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

• Declaration of independence

• Guam Charter

• 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

• California

• State

• Nation

What is an example of the state?

• Texas

• Guam

• The United States of America

What are the characteristics of the state?

• Population

• Sovereignty

• Government

• Territory

• Statement of rights

What is sovereignty?

Answer explanation

The ability of a state to govern with supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies. One characteristic that distinguishes the state from all other, lesser political units.