Question 1

What is government

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the policies citizens implement to run themselves

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paris

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rome

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london

Question 2

Define sovereignty:

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Having supreme power within a territory.  Being sovereign means you are neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority.

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The institution through which society makes and enforces its public policies

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All of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved

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Government actions that affect states, corporations, groups, or individuals inside America's borders

Question 3

What is public policy?

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All of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved

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Having supreme power within a territory, neither subordinate nor   responsible to any other authority

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Government actions that affect states, corporations, groups, or individuals inside America's borders

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The institution through which society makes and enforces its public policies

Question 4

Briefly describe the following public policies:  Domestic

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Government actions that affect states, corporations, groups, or individuals inside America's borders

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Government decisions about how to influence the economy using control of the money supply and interest rates

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Government decisions about how to influence the economy by taxing and spending

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Government actions that affect countries, corporations, groups, or individuals outside America's borders

Question 5

Briefly describe the following public policies:  Foreign

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Government actions that affect countries, corporations, groups, or individuals outside America's borders

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Government actions that affect states, corporations, groups, or individuals inside America's borders

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Government decisions about how to influence the economy using control of the money supply and interest rates

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Government decisions about how to influence the economy by taxing and spending

Question 6

Briefly describe the following public policies:  Monetary

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Government decisions about how to influence the economy using control of the money supply and interest rates

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Government decisions about how to influence the economy by taxing and spending

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Government actions that affect countries, corporations, groups, or individuals outside America's borders

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Government actions that affect states, corporations, groups, or individuals inside America's borders

Question 7

Briefly describe the following public policies:  Fiscal

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Government decisions about how to influence the economy by taxing and spending

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Government decisions about how to influence the economy using control of the money supply and interest rates

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Government actions that affect countries, corporations, groups, or individuals outside America's borders

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Government actions that affect states, corporations, groups, or individuals inside America's borders

Question 8

What is politics?

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The process that determines what government does

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the term that describes the decision and the rule of more than half of the people who vote and disregards the choice of people who don't vote

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Government decisions about how to influence the economy by taxing and spending

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Government decisions about how to influence the economy using control of the money supply and interest rates

Question 9

What is majority rule?

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the term that describes the decision and the rule of more than half of the people who vote and disregards the choice of people who don't vote

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basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away

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a government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)

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centralized control by an autocratic authority.  It is a type of government with the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority

Question 10

What is limited government?

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a basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away

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has centralized control by an autocratic authority.  It is a type of government with the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority

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a government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)

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a government led by religious leaders

Question 11

What is totalitarian government?

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government that has centralized control by an autocratic authority.  It is a type of government with the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority

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a government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)

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a government led by religious leaders

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a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite

Question 12

Define the following forms of government:  Monarchy

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a government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)

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every person votes on every political policy issue (law)

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a government led by religious leaders

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a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite

Question 13

Define the following forms of government:  Theocracy

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a government led by religious leaders

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every person votes on every political policy issue (law)

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a government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)

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a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite

Question 14

Define the following forms of government:  Oligarchy

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a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite

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a government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)

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government is restricted in what it may do

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a government led by religious leaders

Question 15

What is direct democracy?

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In direct democracy, every person votes on every political policy issue (law) brought before the government.  (think Greece)

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the people elect officials represent them and participate in government and vote on their behalf.

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a government led by religious leaders

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a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite

Question 16

What is indirect democracy (also known as representative democracy)?

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In an indirect democracy (which we have in the U.S.), the people elect officials  to represent them.  Those representative participate in government and vote on their voters' behalf.

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every person votes on every political policy issue (law) brought before the government.

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a government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)

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a government led by religious leaders

Question 17

What is parliamentary democracy?

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A system of government in which legislative and executive power are closely joined. The legislature (parliament) selects the chief executive (prime minister) who forms the cabinet from members of the parliament.

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a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency

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a joining of several groups for a common purpose

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A system of government in which legislative and executive powers are separated. The electorate (voters) selects the chief executive (President) who forms their cabinet based upon their own criteria

Question 18

What is a Presidential democracy?

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A system of government in which legislative and executive powers are separated. The electorate (voters) selects the chief executive (President) who forms their cabinet based upon their own criteria

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A system of government in which legislative and executive power are closely joined. The legislature (parliament) selects the chief executive (prime minister) who forms the cabinet from members of the parliament

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a joining of several groups for a common purpose

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a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency (

Question 19

Define the following distributions of government power:  Unitary

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a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency

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a joining of several groups for a common purpose

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The process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country or region

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:          a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central (national) government and several regional (state)

Question 20

Define the following distributions of government power:  Confederate system (a Confederation)

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a joining of several groups for a common purpose

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a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central (national) government and several regional (state)

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a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency

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The process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country or region

Question 21

Define the following distributions of government power:  Federal system (federalism)

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a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central (national) government and several regional (state/local) governments

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The process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country or region

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a joining of several groups for a common purpose

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a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency

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