This type of democracy lies directly in the hands of the people rather than their representatives.
What is Direct Democracy
100
Type of Government in which the monarch has absolute power among his people.
What is Absolute Monarchy
100
A system of democratic government in which the executive branch is held accountable to the legislature.
What is the Parliamentary system of government?
100
The branch of government that makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch of government?
100
The chief executive of a nation
What is the President?
200
A democracy which is called a republic. The United States is one.
What is Representative Democracy
200
A type of government in which the people elect representatives to carry on the work of the government for them. Also called representative democracy
What is Republic
200
A system of government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state and local government.
What is the Federal System of government?
200
One part of the legislative branch. It has 435 elected members.
What is the House of Representatives?
200
The chief executive of a state government.
What is the Governor
300
One person has unlimited power. North Korea is an example.
What is Autocracy
300
Powers that are shared by a state and federal government.
What is Concurrent powers
300
A system of government where the states have the power and the national government is weak.
What is the Confederal system of government?
300
It has 100 elected members with each state having 2 senators.
What is the Senate
300
The most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system.
What is the Prime Minister
400
All power belongs to a small group of people
What is Oligarchy
400
Powers that are clearly spelled out in the Constitution for the federal government.
What is Delegated powers
400
A system of government where power is almost entirely centralized in a national government.
Many countries (but not the U.S.) have this system of government.
What is the Unitary system of government?
400
The branch of government in charge of enforcing the laws.
What is the Executive branch?
400
The nation's highest court with 9 justices.
What is the Supreme court
500
Type of Government having a ruler who may rule for life, and holds powers varying from very limited to total.
What is Monarchy
500
Powers that Congress has exercised under the "necessary and proper" clause.
What is Implied powers
500
A system in which the government owns the means of production and decides what will be produced.
What is Communism
500
The branch of government in charge of handling disagreements over the law.
What is the Judicial branch?
500
The formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity.