Government Vocabulary

A body with the power to make laws, enforce those laws, and interpret the laws when disagreements arise.

• Government

• Autocratic

• Democratic

• Presidential

Citizen involvement in public decision making.

• Government

• Autocratic

• Citizen Participation

• Democratic

A form of governement that has a single ruler with unlimited power.

• Citizen Participation

• Autocratic

• Democratic

• Presidential

The act of limiting what people can hear, see, or say in the media.

• Citizen Participation

• Parlimentay

• Presidential

• Censorship

A form of government where citizens have the power in choosing their leaders.

• Censorship

• Voting

• Democratic

• Autocratic

Allows citizens to declare their power over what the government does and the laws it makes.

• Censorship

• Voting

• Parlimentary

• Presidential

Type of democratic government where citizens elect memebers of the legislature and also the chief executive, known as the president.

• Presidential

• Parlimentary

• Autocratic

• Voting

Type of democratic government where citizens elect Members of Parliment (MPs) who chose the chief executive, known as the Prime Minister.

• Presidential

• Parlimentary

• Autocratic

• Voting