TYPES OF GOVERNMENT
This term means a society governed by representatives of the people.
What is republic?
This term means in a legislature, having a single house or chamber.
What is unicameral?
This term means the principle that everyone is entitled to fair consideration under the law.
What is due process?
This term means a civil division in Louisiana, comparable to a county in other states.
This term means currently holding a position or political office.
What is an incumbent?
This term means oppressive, harsh power.
What is tyranny?
This term means in a legislature, having two separate houses or chambers.
What is bicameral?
This term means to officially validate/approve a treaty or other agreement.
What is ratify?
This term means having supreme power and authority over a nation and its people.
What is sovereignty?
This term means an organization that raises money and distributes funds to political campaigns to advance its interests and policy goals (not special interest groups)
What is a Political Action Comittee?
This term means a government led and controlled by a small elite group of people (not a positive)
What is oligarchy?
This term means a system of representative democracy in which the people elect both the legislature and the head of government.
What is presidential republic?
This term means a power in the U.S. federal system of government that belongs to the states rather than the federal government.
What is reserved powers?
Name one of the 4 federally recognized tribes in Louisiana
What is Chitimacha, Tunica-Biloxi, Coushatta, Jena Band of Choctaw?
This term means the process of dividing into two distinctly opposite groups.
What is polarization?
This term means a form of government in which one person has unlimited power and authority.
What is autocracy?
This term means a system in which the people elect the legislature, whose members then choose a leader to head the government
What is parliamentary republic?
This term means a power in the U.S. federal system of government that is shared by the state and federal governments.
What is concurrent power?
This term means the governing body of a parish, made up of five to fifteen elected members & acts as a local law system.
What is police jury?
This media source in the 21st century makes it easier for political candidates to connect with citizens.
What is social media?
This term means a government in which leaders are elected by the people and carry out their roles as outlined in the country’s constitution.
What is Constitutional Republic?
This term means characterized by sharing power between a central government and various smaller governments.
What is federalism?
This concept means that states must honor all public records, judicial rulings, and decisions of other states.
What is Full Faith and Credit?
Louisiana's law (formally known as codes) system is based off of this early French emperor.
What is Napoleonic Codes?
This committee is in charge of overseeing federal campaign funding and enforcing campaign finance laws.
What is the Federal Election Committee?