Unit One Lesson One Government

The legal right of power to give orders and enforce rules

• Istitution

• Authority

• Government

• Power

Institutions and officials organized to establish and carry out public policy

• Politics

• Nation-state

• Government

• Public good

An established organization, especially one providing a public service, and the rules that guide it

• Institution

• Power

• Government

• Politics

The quality of being accepted as an authority, often applied to laws or those in power

• Politics

• Power

• Institution

• Legitimacy

An independent state, especially one in which the people share a common culture

• Politics

• Authority

• Nation - State

• Public good

The process and method of making decisions for groups. Although generally applied to governments

• Authority

• Power

• Politics

• Institution

The ability to cause others to behave as they might not otherwise choose to do

• Authority

• Power

• Public good

• Government

A product or service that is available for all people to consume, whether they pay for it or not

• Power

• Public good

• Institution

• Legitimacy

The right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region, a group of people, or oneself

• Nation-state

• Public good

• Sovereignty

• Power

The central concern of all governments is

• Money

• Happiness

• Power

• Health