Unit 1 Government Vocabulary

The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

• politics

• government

• power

• federal

the ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions

• power

• policy

• dictatorship

• monarchy

a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.

• power

• government

• individualism

• policy

supreme power or authority

• totalitarianism

• dictator

• sovereignty

• theocracy

the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government

• policies

• rule of law

• politics

• power

A theory that assumed that God appointed all monarchs to rule on his behalf. Therefore, any policy, decree, plan, or approach adopted by royalty could not be questioned or disobeyed.

• theocracy

• divine rights of kings

• ten comandments

• religious authority

A government ruled by a king or queen

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• divine representatation

• democracy

A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority.

• dictatorship

• presidency

• republic

• communism

A government ruled by a few powerful people

• monarchy

• liberal democrats

• oligarchy

• divine rights

A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

• representative democracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• direct democracy