Va/Us govt 2024 unit 1 vocab

Government

• A group of people who govern us.

• A territory defined within a country that has the ability tp enforce laws.

• Those who rule cannot be held accountable by the will of the people.

•  Rules and institutions made by people so that they can get along.

Public Policies are the policies of the decisions the government makes.

• True

• False

Legislative Power

• The power to make or alter laws

• The power to vote

• The power to enforce laws

• The power to interpret and make judicial decision on that law

Executive Power

• The power to enforce laws think police officer or president

• The power to change or alter the constitution

• The ability to regulate foreign trade

• The governmental power to change the market so they can make a lot of stocks.

Judicial Power

• The ability to change or alter laws and the constitution think supreme court

• The power to arrest someone

• The power to make bad finantial decisions because its funny

• The right for anyone to become a judge

Constitution

• NO

• The public policies that aid the government to control the masses.

• 1. The structure process and fundamental laws of the government.

• No

Dictatorship

• Government controlled by a few

• Supreme leader king or queen has all power.

• Those who rule cannot be held accountable by the will of the people.

• When a government is controlled by one person

Democracy

• The will of the government controls the people

• The will of the people controls the government

• The ability to be free merca

• When the goverment is decided by birthright.

State

• Right answer

• Just pick the obvious one dog

• A defined area that is within a country

• A defined territory that is within the same country which is organized politically and has the power to enforce law without consent of higher power.

Sovereign

• A government where you elect parlament and they elect the leader

• People who go into different countries to solve disputes

• Supreme leader king or queen has all power.

• A government controlled solely by one persom