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level questions: State

Question	Answer
Basic elements of a State	People, Territory, Government and Sovereignty
Supreme and final legal authority above and beyond which no legal power exists	Sovereignty
Two aspects of sovereignty	internal and external sovereignty
The state is supreme over all its citizen and associations	Internal Sovereignty
The state is independent and free from foreign or outside control	External Sovereignty
Organization that people set up to protect their community gives service to the people?	Government
Type of government headed by Queen/king	Monarchy
Type of government ruled by many	Democracy/Democratic
Type of government ruled by none	Anarchy
Type of government which absolute rule and is not restricted by laws or constitution. Rules only by one	Dictatorship/Dictatorial
Type of government ruled by few	Oligarchy
Type of government ruled by privileged upper class	Aristocracy
Two type of Democracy Government	Parliamentary and Presidential Democracies
Type of Democracy Government which executive branch members are also legislative branch members	Parliamentary Democracies
Type of Democracy Government which there is separation between Executive and Legislative Branch	Presidential Democracies
Authorized to make laws, alter, and repeal them through the power	Legislative Branch
Three Branches of Government	Executive, Legislative and Judiciary Branch
Carries out laws. It is composed of the President and the Vice President who are elected by direct popular vote	Executive Branch
Evaluates laws. It holds the power to settle controversies involving rights that are legally demandable and enforceable. It is made up of a Supreme Court and lower courts.	Judiciary Branch
By right, acccording to law	De Jure
In reality,as a matter of fact	De Facto
System of government that concentrated in central government	Unitary System
System of government that divided into national and local government	Federation
System of government that is concentrated in states.	Confederation
character of the constitution that is enacted	Conventional Constitution
character of the constitution that evolved	Cumulative Constitution
character of the constitution which has been given definite written form at a particular time	Written Constitution
character of the constitution which is entirely the product of political evolution	Unwritten Constitution
character of the constitution which cannot be amended or altered except some special machinery	Rigid or Inelastic Constitution
character of the constitution which maybe altered in the same way of as other laws	Flexible or Elastic Constitution
Inherent power of state to take private property for public use upon payment of compensation	Power of Eminent Domain
Inherent power of state to enact laws to for the promotion of general welfare, public safety and order, and public health	Police Power
Inherent power of state to exact proportional contribution from the people to defray the cost of governmental expenditures	Taxation Power
Phase of taxation which refers to the of the making of taxation laws.	Legislative Phase
Phase of taxation that refers to the assessment and collection of taxes	administrative phase
Does the different government agencies like the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Tourism (DOT) are exempted of taxation?	Yes
place of taxation refers to the territorial jurisdiction of the State to impose the power of taxation, that is, to charge and collect taxes on persons, properties or transactions	SITUS OF TAXATION
means taxing the same subject or object twice during the same taxing period	Double taxation
is imposed on persons who are bound by taxation laws to pay. It is non-transferable	Direct tax
is imposed on certain individuals, but was shifted to another person by way of indemnifying himself/herself at the expense of the other.	Indirect tax
Example of Indirect Tax	VAT
Example of Direct Tax	income tax, community tax and estate tax
has been defined as a sum of money for the use of something, generally applied to the consideration which is paid for the use of road, bridge or the like, of a public nature	Toll
is any sanction imposed as a punishment for violation of law or acts deemed injurious.	Penalty
is an enforced proportional contribution from owners of lands especially or peculiarly benefited by public improvements	Special assessment
is a charge imposed under the police power for purposes of regulation. License is rather in the nature of a special privilege, of a permission or authority to do what is within its terms	License or permit fee
otherwise known as the Tax Reform Act of 1997	Republic Act No. 8424