a political system where control rests with a small group of people with wealth and power
What is oligarchic?
100
a king or queen who is the head of state of a nation
What is monarch?
100
a democratic form of government where the executive and legislative branches are separate bodies, elected independently by the voters
What is presidential democracy?
100
a body with the authority to make, enforce, and interpret laws for a country or area
What is government?
100
a type of government where the people in the country hold the supreme power
What is democratic?
200
a group of people who make laws for a state or country
What is legislative branch?
200
a government system that gives all power to the central government
What is unitary?
200
a ruler with absolute power and authority
What is dictator?
200
a government system where one leader holds complete power
What is autocratic?
200
makes decisions about disputes; interprets laws
What is judicial branch?
300
a democratic form of government where the legislature (Parliament) controls the power
What is parliamentary democracy?
300
enforces the laws
What is executive branch?
300
a government system where power is divided between the central government and the government of smaller political units (regional governments)
What is federal?
300
a loose alliance of countries or other political units like states; a group of independent states join together and give limited powers to a common government
What is confederation?
300
the branches (legislative and executive) are divided, each is elected by the voters
What is separation of powers?
400
limits each branch's powers, keeps one branch from having too much power
What is checks and balances?
400
The majority party in a parliamentary system is headed by the ___________, who is chosen by the legislature.
What is prime minister?
400
a government that has its own constitution but its head of state is a monarch
What is constitutional monarchy?
400
executive and legislative branches are mixed, they share power
What is fusion of powers?
400
a political theory that all goods and property should be owned by a whole society rather than by individual people
What is communism?
500
deals with national affairs
What is central government?
500
includes state and provincial governments
What is regional government?
500
a system of government in which all eligible citizens vote on representatives to pass laws for them
What is representative democracy?
500
a system of government where decisions are made by elected officials who represent the people
What is republic?
500
form of government in which all laws are created by a general vote of society