Government and Political Systems

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government

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a system of rules (laws) and the people that have the power to make, decide, and enforce the laws for a group of people (city, county, state, nation and so on)

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citizen

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a person who is a member of a nation or political community and has all of the rights and responsibilities that go with that

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autocracy/autocratic government

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a form of government where all of the power is placed in one leader’s hands

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democracy

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a form of government where the people being governed hold all of the power, and the people or groups who make decisions must answer to the people they govern – generally through elections

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executive branch

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the branch or arm of government that enforces the laws and includes the leaders such as presidents and prime ministers

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presidential democracy

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a form of government where a president (the country’s leader) is elected by the citizens of the country

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legislative branch

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the part of a government that writes or creates the laws of a country or state: a parliament is a type of legislative branch; in the US, our legislative branch is called Congress

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Parliament

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a name given to a group of people who make or write the laws for a nation (in this case, for Canada)

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Parliamentary government

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a form of government where the laws and main decisions of a country are made by a parliament (the group of people elected by the citizens)

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presidential government

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a form of government where the citizens vote for the people who make the laws and also vote for the leader of the country.