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AP US Government Study Guide

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Chapter 1: The Study of American Government

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Chapter 1: The Study of American Government

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political authority conferred by law or by a state or national constitution

the power or right to give orders or make decisions

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

Political elite

An identifiable group of persons who poses a disproportional share of some valued resource, such as money or political power; people who possess more political power than others and are commonly referred to in the U.S. as "activists"