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

• executive power

• president

• government

• constitution

Which branch of government interprets laws

• legislative

• executive

• judicial

• supreme court

Government must have power to ________ and carry out policies.

Every government has and exercises ________(a number) basic kinds of power

Which branch of government enforces laws?

• legislative

• president

• executive

• judicial

The body of laws that set out a government's structure, principles, and processes is a _________________.

The type of government where authority rests with the people

• monarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

• popular sovereignty

Which of the four theories is based on power given to a family

by a God given right?

• divine right

• evolutionary

• force

• social contract

Which theory is based on an agreement between the people

and the government

• evolutionary

• force

• social contract

• divine right

Which of the theories best describes the origins of the United States?

• force theory

• evolutionary

  theory

• divine right of kings theory

• social contract

  theory