US Gov Unit 1

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

• Government

• State

• John Locke

Examples of this are taxation, defense, education, crime, health care, transportation, environment, civil rights, working conditions.

• Executive

• Public Policy

• Monarchy

The effort to control and influence what?

• Politics

• Democracy

• Government

• A body of people,

• Living in a defined territory,

• Organized with a government,

• Having sovereignty or the power to make and enforce laws without the consent of any higher authority.

• Democracy

• State

• Dictatorship

A small group or person took control of others.

• Parliamentary

• Legislative

• The Force Theory

God gave those of royal birth the right to rule.

• Democracy

• The Force Theory

• The Divine Right

The state exists because people have voluntarily organized themselves to improve their lives.

• The Social Contract Theory

• Executive

• Monarchy

• Which branch has the power to make laws and to frame public policies?

• Hint: This branch includes the Congress: Senate, House of Representatives.

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

Which term refers to a state of no government?

• Democracy

• John Locke

• Anarchy

Life, Liberty, and Property

• Parliamentary

• Natural Rights

• Majority