chapter 1 quiz

Which one has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies?

• dictatorship

• state

• sovereignty

• government

Define legislative power.

• has the power to make laws and to force public policies

• has the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws

• has the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise, within the society

What is the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies?

• government

• Constitution

• emancipation proclamation

• laws

Supreme authority rests with the people in which type of government?

• dictatorship

• anarchy

• communism

• democracy

Define judicial power

• has the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws

• has the power to make laws and to frame public policies

• has the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within the society

What can be defined as a body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority?

• government

• public policies

• democracy

• state

Define executive power

• has the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws

• has the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within the society

• has the power to make laws and to frame public policies

The ones who rule can not be held responsible to the will of the people in which type of government?

• monarchy

• republic

• anarchy

• dictatorship

What are public policies?

• policies solely related to foreign affairs

• the implementation of laws

• a set of rules for private organizations

• decisions and actions that the government decides on