united states government

what is the institution through witch a society makes and enforces its public policies.

• Government

• legislature

• judiciary

• media

______ ________ are all those things the government decides to do

• public policies

• government regulations

• political solutions

• social invective

makes laws: frames public polices

executes, enforces, and administers laws

interprets law determines their meaning

what is a dictatorship?

• ultimate responsibility for exercise of these powers

• a system of government in which one person has all the power

• a form of government in which one person has all the control

• a form of government in which a small group of people have all the power

what is a democracy?

• Supreme authority rests with the people

• a system of government in which all power rests with one person

what is a state?

• a body of people in a defined territory

• a type of government

• a region of a country

• an area of land

are the states within the united states sovereign?

• Yes

• No

what is force theory

• a group gained control of an area and forced people to submit

• a political strategy to bribe the people to submit

• a group of people are elected by the people