Chapter 1 Vocabulary

The fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of government

• Legislative Power

• Presidential Government

• Constitution

• Executive Power

The power to make law and frame public policies.

• Constitution

• Legislative Power

• Parliamentary Government

• Government

The government must resign if defeated by the legislature on an important issue.

• Constitution

• Parliamentary government

• Democracy

• Communism

Often described as a centralized government, is one in which all powers held by the government belong to a single, central agency.

• Presidential Government

• Sovereign

• Autocracy

• Unitary Government

In which government does authority rests solely with the people?

• Democracy

• Communism

• Dictatorship

• Autocracy

What is the process of accommodating different needs and viewpoints.

• Constitution

• Autocracy

• Government

• Oligarchy

Population, territory, government, and sovereignty are the defining characteristics of what?

• Country

• State

• City

• Sovereign

What is the political, social and economic control of a State.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• President

• Government

Group of individuals that control a State through financial control.

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Divine Right

Means of production and distribution vary between government interference and non-interference.

• Mixed Economy

• Free Market

• Capitalism

• Laissez Faire