SEA Gov Vocabulary

A system of government by one person with absolute power.

• DEMOCRACY

• AUTOCRACY

• OLIGARCHY

• UNITARY

The head of an elected government; the principal minister of a sovereign or state.

• EMPEROR

• PREMIER

• PRIME MINISTER

• PARLIAMENT

Power is held by one central authority.

• DEMOCRACY

• AUTOCRACY

• OLIGARCHY

• UNITARY

Head of government - highest ranking administrative official in China's government.

• EMPEROR

• PREMIER

• PRIME MINISTER

• PARLIAMENT

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments.

• COMMUNIST

• CONFEDERATION

• FEDERAL

• PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM

The only legal party, and officially sanctioned candidates run unopposed.

• CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP)

• JAPANESE DIET

• NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS

• PARLIAMENT

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.

• DEMOCRACY

• AUTOCRACY

• OLIGARCHY

• UNITARY

The supreme ruler of an empire; a hereditary position in Japan.

• EMPEROR

• PREMIER

• PRIME MINISTER

• PARLIAMENT

China's unicameral legislature.

• CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP)

• JAPANESE DIET

• NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS

• PARLIAMENT

A government ruled by a few powerful people.

• DEMOCRACY

• AUTOCRACY

• OLIGARCHY

• UNITARY