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What gov. do the people elect the gov. officials?
Representative democracy
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What is the executive branch's job?
Enforces the laws
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What is an association of independent states?
Confederal gov.
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Powers granted to the federal gov. of the U.S. from the Constitution are called what?
Enumerated powers
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What's the role of Congress?
Makes laws that affect our daily life
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What is it when one person holds absolute power?
Autocracy
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What is the legislative branch's job?
Makes the laws
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What is a centralized gov.?
Unitary gov.
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What are powers that aren't specifically stated in the Constitution but are implied based on previously stated powers?
Implied powers
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What is the supremacy clause?
It takes priority over any conflicting state laws
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What is an oligarchy?
When a small group of people controls a country, organization, or institution.
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What is the judicial branch's job?
Interprets the laws
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A democracy where the electorate policy initiatives without elected representatives are what?
Direct democracy
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What are powers that are shared by both the federal and state gov.?
Concurrent powers
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What are shared powers between state and gov. powers?
Federalism
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What is it called when a gov. has a legislative, executive, and judicial branch?
Federal Government
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What is it called when counterbalancing an organization or system is regulated to make sure power is equal?
Checks and balances
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A mixture of a republic gov. and a democratic republic is a what?
Republic democracy
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What are powers not granted in the Constitution that aren't given to any certain part of the gov.?
Reserved powers
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What is the Constitution?
States the laws
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What is an authoritarian gov?
A highly concentrated and centralized gov.
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Which branch can declare war?
Legislative branch
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What gov. system is a separation of the executive branch from other powers? President= head of gov.
Presidential system
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What are powers denied to national and state gov. branches to maintain balance and fairness?
Denied powers
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What's in Article VI of the Constitution?
All debts contracted and engagements entered, before the adoption of the Constitution, is valid against the U.S. under this Constitution, under the Confederation.
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