The set of formal legal institutions that create a government is called?

• A. Political System
• B. Preamble
• C. Primary Sources
• D. Popular Sovereignty

Answer: (A)

The idea here is recognizing what term names the organized, formal bodies and rules that establish and govern a government. That set of institutions includes the branches that make laws, enforce them, and interpret them, along with the constitutional framework that defines how authority is distributed and exercised. Because these are the actual structures that create and run a government, the correct choice is the Political System.

Why the other ideas don’t fit as well: a Preamble is the opening section of a constitution that states purposes, not the system of institutions itself. Primary Sources are documents from a time period used to study history, not the machinery that creates or runs government. Popular Sovereignty is the principle that ultimate authority rests with the people, not the organized institutions that implement laws.