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| people elect representatives to make decisions for them |
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| four characteristics of a state |
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| population, territory, sovereignty, government |
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| institution through which society makes and enforces its public policies |
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| anything a government decides to do |
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| power to make laws and to frame public policies |
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| power to execute, enforce, and administer law |
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| body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of government |
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| power held by a single person or by a small group |
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| supreme authority rests with the people |
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| supreme and absolute power within its own territory |
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| One person took control and forced everyone to do what he wanted |
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| state developed naturally out of the early family |
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| God gave royalty the power to rule |
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| State arose out of a voluntary act of free people |
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| the people are the power in the government |
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| no one is above the law, everyone must obey it |
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| all powers held by a single, central agency |
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| alliance of independent states |
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| powers of government are divided between a cental government and several local governments |
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| single person holds unlimited power |
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| power to rule is held by a small, usually self appointed elite |
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| will of the people is translated into law directly by the people themselves |
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| a king or queen who ruled with absolute power |
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| presidential form of government |
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| voters elect executive and legislative branch; this creates a separation of power |
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| voters elect legislative and legislative chooses the executive |
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| rights given by god and cannot by taken away by the government |
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