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Executive
The power to carry out or enforce laws a government makes.
State
A group of people who live in a defined territory that is organized politically
Dictatorship
A type of government in which rulers are not held responsible to the will of the people
Judicial
The power to interpret what legislation means and how it should be applied
Public Policy
Things that a government decides to do
Confederation
A loose organization of politically sovereign States, usually for protection
Democracy
A type of government in which supreme authority rests with the majority of the people
Federalism
A type of government in which power is split between a central and local governing bodies
Legislative
When a government or State makes its own policies and laws
Government
An institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies either directly, through representatives or by a ruler’s decree
What is the purpose of why American government is mainly concerned with other nations?
Provide for a common defense
What is the direct result of the National government’s concern about the “general welfare” of its citizens?
Establishing schools
What about sovereign states is NOT true?
Sovereign states may be possessed
