Principles of Government - Vocabulary

1. The institution through which a society makes and enforces public policy.

• Government

• Constitution

• College

1. All the things a government decides to do.

• Laws

• Public Policy

• Federal Agenda

1. The power to make law and to frame public policies.

• Judicial Power

• Legislative Power

• Executive Power

1. The power to execute, enforce and administer law.

• Judicial Power

• Legislative Power

• Executive Power

1. The power to interpret laws.

• Judicial Power

• Legislative Power

• Executive Power

1. The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures and processes of a government.

• Government

• Canon Law

• Constitution

1. A form of government where those who rule cannot be held responsible for the will of the people.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

1. The form of government where the responsibility for governing rests with the people.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Constitutional Monarchy

1. A body of people living in a defined territory, organized politically and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of a higher authority.

• Colony

• Territory

• State

1. Having supreme and absolute power within its own territory and the ability to decide its own political and domestic policies.

• Totalitarian

• Monarchy

• Sovereign