Final Exam Study Guide Government

Describe the following: The institution through which society makes and enforces public policy.

• Government

• Economy

• Family

• Religion

Describe the following: A body of people living together in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make & enforce laws without the consent of a higher authority.

• State

• Community

• Society

• Colony

Describe the following: All the many goals that a government has in all the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved. (Fill in the blank with the correct term.)

• Public Policy

• Judicial Review

• Federalism

• Civil Rights

Describe the following: Having supreme authority within its territory; neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority. (Fill in the blank with the correct term.)

• Sovereign/Sovereignty

• Colony

• Protectorate

• Dependency

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

• Constitution

• Legislation

• Amendment

• Ordinance

Both levels of government act directly on the people. Powers of government are divided between state/local governments & the central government. An authority superior to both makes the division of power.

Describe the following: An alliance of independent states - the central organization has the power to handle only issues that the member states have assigned to it.

• Confederate Government

• Unitary Government

• Federal Government

• Parliamentary Government

Describe the following: Centralized government - all powers held by the government belong to a single central agency. The central government creates local agencies to help.

• Unitary Government

• Federal Government

• Confederate Government

• Parliamentary Government

Describe the following: Basic powers are distributed and separated among three distinct and independent branches of government.

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• Judicial Review

• Federalism

Each branch of government is subjected to a number of regulations - these are constitutional checks and balances. (Fill in the blank with the correct term.)

• Checks and Balances

• Judicial Review

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers