AP Government - Unit 1 Test (A+ Graded Already)

basic functions of government correct answers national defense, preserve order, establish and maintain a legal system, provide services, socialize new generations government correct answers the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies politics correct answers the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government public policy correct answers the course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem political system correct answers the system of government in a nation political issue correct answers an issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and how to fix it policy agenda correct answers a set of issues thought by the public or those in power to merit action by the government Robert Dahl correct answers author of "Who Governs?" and created the idea of a "criteria of democracy" the state correct answers A body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority. sovereignty correct answers supreme or ultimate political power; a sovereign government is one that is legally and politically independent of any other government divine right correct answers belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from God democracy correct answers a term used to describe a political system in which the people are said to rule, directly or indirectly republic correct answers a form of democracy in which power is vested in representatives selected by means of popular competitive elections democratic centralism correct answers a government is said to be democratic if it's decisions will serve the "true interests" of the people wether or not the people affect the decision-making or select the decision-makers power correct answers the ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions authority correct answers the right to use power