Government Vocabulary

What is a system for organizing and distributing power?

• monarch

• government

• head of state

• power system

Who is the person responsible for making decisions and running the government on a day-to-day-basis?

• Ruler

• King

• Chief Executive

• Governor

A document outlining the duties, powers, rights and responsbilities of the government is a

• Constitution

• Rule book

• Legislature

• Democracy

The King or Queen of a country is called a

• Prime Minister

• Supreme ruler

• President

• Monarch

The group of elected representatives who have the power to make laws is the

• democratic

• Head of State

• legislature

• President

System of government where citizens can run for election and vote for elected officials is a

• republic

• democracy

• autocracy

• monarchy

Type of democratic government where citizens elect members of the legislature and also the chief executive as President

• presidential system

• parliamentary system

• Autocracy

• Constitution

The type of democratic government where citizens elect members of parliament who then choose a prime minister as chief executive.

• autocracy

• legislature

• parliamentary system

• presidential system

A system of government where a single ruler has unlimited power and citizens cannot run for election or vote

• autocracy

• dominant

• democracy

• king system

The chief representative of a country to other countries and is the symbolic leader of a country is a

• King

• Queen

• Head of state

• Chief