EOC-RG: Sec 1 (Prt1) - Principles of Government
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- Q1What is governmentparisromelondonthe policies citizens implement to run themselves30sEditDelete
- Q2Define sovereignty:The institution through which society makes and enforces its public policiesAll of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involvedHaving supreme power within a territory. Being sovereign means you are neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority.Government actions that affect states, corporations, groups, or individuals inside America's borders30sEditDelete
- Q3What is public policy?Having supreme power within a territory, neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authorityGovernment actions that affect states, corporations, groups, or individuals inside America's bordersThe institution through which society makes and enforces its public policiesAll of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved30sEditDelete
- Q4Briefly describe the following public policies: DomesticGovernment decisions about how to influence the economy using control of the money supply and interest ratesGovernment decisions about how to influence the economy by taxing and spendingGovernment actions that affect countries, corporations, groups, or individuals outside America's bordersGovernment actions that affect states, corporations, groups, or individuals inside America's borders30sEditDelete
- Q5Briefly describe the following public policies: ForeignGovernment actions that affect states, corporations, groups, or individuals inside America's bordersGovernment decisions about how to influence the economy using control of the money supply and interest ratesGovernment actions that affect countries, corporations, groups, or individuals outside America's bordersGovernment decisions about how to influence the economy by taxing and spending30sEditDelete
- Q6Briefly describe the following public policies: MonetaryGovernment decisions about how to influence the economy by taxing and spendingGovernment decisions about how to influence the economy using control of the money supply and interest ratesGovernment actions that affect countries, corporations, groups, or individuals outside America's bordersGovernment actions that affect states, corporations, groups, or individuals inside America's borders30sEditDelete
- Q7Briefly describe the following public policies: FiscalGovernment decisions about how to influence the economy using control of the money supply and interest ratesGovernment actions that affect countries, corporations, groups, or individuals outside America's bordersGovernment actions that affect states, corporations, groups, or individuals inside America's bordersGovernment decisions about how to influence the economy by taxing and spending30sEditDelete
- Q8What is politics?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 voteGovernment decisions about how to influence the economy by taxing and spendingThe process that determines what government doesGovernment decisions about how to influence the economy using control of the money supply and interest rates30sEditDelete
- Q9What is majority rule?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 votebasic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take awaya government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)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 authority30sEditDelete
- Q10What is limited government?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 authoritya 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 awaya government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)a government led by religious leaders30sEditDelete
- Q11What is totalitarian government?a government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)a government led by religious leadersgovernment 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 authoritya form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite30sEditDelete
- Q12Define the following forms of government: Monarchya government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)every person votes on every political policy issue (law)a government led by religious leadersa form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite30sEditDelete
- Q13Define the following forms of government: Theocracyevery person votes on every political policy issue (law)a government led by religious leadersa government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite30sEditDelete
- Q14Define the following forms of government: Oligarchya form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elitea government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)government is restricted in what it may doa government led by religious leaders30sEditDelete
- Q15What is direct democracy?In direct democracy, every person votes on every political policy issue (law) brought before the government. (think Greece)the people elect officials represent them and participate in government and vote on their behalf.a government led by religious leadersa form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite30sEditDelete
- Q16What is indirect democracy (also known as representative democracy)?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.every person votes on every political policy issue (law) brought before the government.a government led by a hereditary ruler (royalty)a government led by religious leaders30sEditDelete
- Q17What is parliamentary democracy?a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agencya joining of several groups for a common purposeA 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 criteriaA 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.30sEditDelete
- Q18What is a Presidential democracy?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 parliamenta joining of several groups for a common purposeA 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 criteriaa centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency (30sEditDelete
- Q19Define the following distributions of government power: Unitarya joining of several groups for a common purposea centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agencyThe process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country or region: a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central (national) government and several regional (state)30sEditDelete
- Q20Define the following distributions of government power: Confederate system (a Confederation)a system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central (national) government and several regional (state)a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agencya joining of several groups for a common purposeThe process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country or region30sEditDelete