A system of government institutions and laws is called this.
What is the state?
100
This is a government in which power rests with the citizens.
What is a democracy?
100
This name is given to a legislature that has only one law-making body.
What is unicameral?
100
This is the strong belief in the greatness of one's own nation.
What is nationalism?
100
This is the name for a legislature with two houses or bodies.
What is bicameral?
200
This is a group of people united by a shared sense of identity, like language or religion.
What is a nation?
200
Somalia is an example of this type of government system where there is no effective power or government.
What is a transitional government?
200
The top legislative body in China is called this.
What is the National People's Congress?
200
This is the belief that a country's leader has the right to rule.
What is legitimacy?
200
A country gets this when other countries accept it as an independent and legitimate country.
What is diplomatic recognition?
300
A country composed of several different groups of people with distinct shared identities is called this.
What is multinational?
300
This is a series of rulers who are all members of the same family line.
What is a dynasty?
300
This document established the first government of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
First introduced in the U.S. Constitution, this is the idea that government powers should not all be given to one person or body.
What is separation of powers?
300
When a country exerts power over other countries through means other than politics, economics, or military, it is called this.
What is soft power?
400
This is a belief system designed to improve a government.
What is an ideology?
400
The People's Republic of China is an example of this type of government system.
What is single-party?
400
This man is the current head of government in China.
Who is Wen Jiabao?
400
People who follow this belief system support traditional ways and institutions, which means they don't want lot of change and they don't want the government to be heavily involved in the citizens' lives.
What is conservatism?
400
This procedure allows the U.S. Supreme Court to declare any act of the government to be unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
500
These are the four essential elements of a country.
What are population, territory, government, and independence and sovereignty?
500
These are currently the two best examples of theocratic governments.
What are Iran and Vatican City?
500
Name the two individual houses of the bicameral U.S. legislature, and give their collective name.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives, which are collectively known as Congress?
500
These are the four elements of an ideology.
What are an identification of the problem, an explanation of what caused the problem, a solution to fix the problem, and a plan for implementing the solution?
500
The activity of generating public decisions among all free citizens is known as this.