Government Lingo Review

The Chief Public or Ceremonial Figure of a country.

• Head of State

• Parliament

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Head of Government

A system of government in which one ruler has supreme authority and where that authority is not restricted by any written laws, legislature, or customs.

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Parliamentary Democracy

A form of government, where the control or power is given to the citizens/people/voters

• Parliament

• Dictatorship

• Absolute Monarchy

• Democracy

The German equivalent to a Prime Minister

• President

• Czar

• Queen or King

• Chancellor

The equivalent of the CEO of a country/nation.

• Head of State

• Head of Government

• Queen or King

• Chancellor

A system of government in which one ruler shares the power with an organized government.

• Absolute Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Parliament

The head of government in a country with a Parliamentary democracy. Leads the executive and legislative branches.

• Prime Minister

• Chancellor

• President

• Queen or King

A form of government where the citizens vote INDIRECTLY for the head of government. Citizens vote for legislature. Legislature then elects the head of government.

• Democracy

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• President

A group of people with similar goals organized to acquire and exercise political power and influence.

• Democracy

• Political Party

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

A system of government in which the power rests in the hands of a single individual.

• Democracy

• Bicameral

• Autocratic

• Oligarchy