Ch. 1 Test (Gov.)

A form of government in which a single person holds unlimited power

• Public Policies
• Legislative Power
• Sovereign
• Autocracy

The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of government

• Public Policies
• Judicial Power
• Constitution
• Autocracy

A form of government in which supreme authority rests with the people

• Democracy
• State
• Sovereign
• Autocracy

A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority

• Government
• Constitution
• Dictatorship
• Democracy

The power to execute, enforce, and administer law

• Government
• Public Policies
• Legislative Power
• Executive Power

The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

• Government
• State
• Sovereign
• Autocracy

The power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes within the society

• Government
• Public Policies
• Judicial Power
• Constitution

The power to make a law and to frame public policies

• Government
• Public Policies
• Legislative Power
• Autocracy

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

• Government
• Public Policies
• Legislative Power
• Autocracy

Having supreme power within one's own territory; neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority

• Democracy
• State
• Sovereign
• Autocracy