AP Government - Unit 1 Test

AP Government - Unit 1 Test basic functions of government - ANS-national defense, preserve order, establish and maintain a legal system, provide services, socialize new generations government - ANS-the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies politics - ANS-the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government public policy - ANS-the course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem political system - ANS-the system of government in a nation political issue - ANS-an issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and how to fix it policy agenda - ANS-a set of issues thought by the public or those in power to merit action by the government Robert Dahl - ANS-author of "Who Governs?" and created the idea of a "criteria of democracy" the state - ANS-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 - ANS-supreme or ultimate political power; a sovereign government is one that is legally and politically independent of any other government divine right - ANS-belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from God democracy - ANS