US Government/jp Ch 1 vocab

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Power to enforce the law

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Executive

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Power to interpret laws

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Judicial

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Power to frame policies and make laws

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Legislative

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Theory of government: "might makes right"

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Force

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Theory that God created the state & supports royal birth's right to rule.

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Divine Right

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Theory of government where the state arises from a free people's agreement.

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Social Contract

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Theory of government stating the state arose naturally from the family.

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Evolutionary

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Elements of a state include sovereignty, territory, and population.

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policy

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Purposes of government include: insure domestic tranquility, promoting general welfare, establishing justice. Exception:

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ruling with an iron fist

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Type of government based on an alliance of independent states

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confederate government