Definitions
Gov'ts
Latin America
Canada
USA
100
An assembly of people who pass the laws governing a nation
What is a parliament?
100
Head of a democratic government
What is a president or prime minister?
100
Official name for Mexico
What is United Mexican States?
100
Title of the leader in Canada
What is the Prime Minister?
100
Bills begin in this part of gov't
What is the House of Representatives or Senate?
200
Basic freedoms that Americans believe all people are born with
What are unalienable rights?
200
Head of a monarchy
What is a king/queen or emperor/empress?
200
Type of gov't in Cuba
What is dictatorship?
200
Serves as the head of state for ceremonial duties
What is the British Monarch?
200
System that prevents one branch of gov't from becoming too powerful
What is checks and balances?
300
System of government that divides the power between the state and national governments
What is federalism?
300
Head of a dictatorship
What is a dictator?
300
Type of gov't in Mexico
What is representative democracy and federal republic?
300
Gov't in charge of education
What are provincial and territorial gov'ts?
300
Responsibility of the executive branch in regards to the laws
What is carry out the laws?
400
An officially suggested law
What is a bill?
400
President of Brazil
Who is Dilma Rousseff?
400
Type of gov't in Brazil
What is a democratic federal republic?
400
People who choose the prime minister
What is parliament?
400
Responsibility of the legislative branch in regards to the laws
What is create the laws?
500
Refuse to sign
What is veto?
500
President of Mexico
Who is Enrique Pena Nieto?
500
Only legal political party in Cube
What is the Communist Party?
500
Three parts that make up the Canadian Constitution
What are the Constitution Act of 1867, Constitution Act of 1982, and the customs and principles?
500
Responsibility of the judicial branch in regards to the laws
What is decide the meaning of the laws?
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