Southwest Asia Government Vocabulary Words

Made up of elected individuals that have the authority to

make, carry out, and enforce laws, as well as disputes.

• Autocracy

• Government

• Democracy

• Prime Minister

A government in which the ruler

has absolute power to do whatever he wishes and make and enforce whatever laws he chooses

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Legislative Branch

• Autocracy

Government system a system in which a political party or

other small group takes over a government and makes all of the major decisions; government by the few.

• Theocracy

• Presidential Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Parliamentary Democracy

Rule by one person — a monarch, usually a king

or a queen — whose actions are restricted neither by written law nor by custom.

• Theocracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Government

• President

A government in which the citizens elect

representatives to a legislative branch and then in a separate election,

citizens elect the president. The president is constitutionally independent of the legislature.

• Presidential Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• United Nations

form of government in which

the citizens elect the legislature the controlling party in

the legislature elects a leader that becomes prime minister.

• Presidential Democracy

• Legislative Branch

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Autocracy

A system of government by which the citizens of a country

have the power in choosing the leaders who will representatives to run the government.

• Theocracy

• Government

• Autocracy

• Democracy

A government in which God is seen as the true leader and

religious leaders serve as the political leaders.

• Theocracy

• United Nations

• Citizen

• Prime Minister

Member of a country who has the right to vote and right to

elect and participate in the government according to that countries laws.

• United Nations

• Citizen

• Civil War

• Prime Minister

An international organization formed after World War Il

whose aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law and international security.

• United Nations

• Civil War

• Government

• Theocracy