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        | Institution through which a society makes and enforces public polices. |  | 
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        | Group of people living in a boundary with a govt. that has power to make and enforce without the consent of a higher govt. |  | 
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        | Legislative Executive
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        | Three powers of every government |  | 
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        | Subject to no higher authority within its territory |  | 
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        | Forceful authority by a group or person |  | 
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        | Natural out growth through increasingly larger communities. |  | 
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        | those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people |  | 
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        | Two types of Dictatorships |  | 
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        | popular sovereignty (rule by the people) |  | 
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        | Two different types of democracy |  | 
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        | People directly make public laws |  | 
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        | People elect officials to do government work. Also known as representative democracy. |  | 
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        | Unitary Govt. Federal Govt.
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        | three forms of govt. classified under geographic distribution of power |  | 
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        | all powers held by govt. belong to single govt. which creates local units of govt. when needed. |  | 
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        | powers of govt. divided between a central govt. and local govt. |  | 
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        | alliances of independent states |  | 
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        | Type of govt. where Executive and Legislative are separated and have equal powers |  | 
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        | Govt. where executive is made up of the prime minister  or premier and their cabinet belongs to legislative branch |  | 
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        | When supplies are low prices rise and supplies are high prices drop. |  | 
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        | Govt. participates in the economy to protect the public that preserve private enterprise. |  | 
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        | dictatorship which one person holds all power |  | 
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        | dictatorship held by small usually self appointed elite |  | 
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