Gov't Ch1 Vocab

a form of government in which a single person holds unlimited power

• oligarcy

• autocracy

• democracy

• communism

basic principle of of federalism

• division of power

• majority rule

• parlimentary government

• compromise

form of governmentin which the power to rule is held by small, usually self appointed elite

• monarchy

• magna carta

• limited government

• oligarchy

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

• dictatorship

• government

• free enterprise system

• democracy

the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes within the society

• judicial power

• executive power

• legislative power

the power to make a law and to frame public policies

• judical power

• executive power

• legislative power

the power to execute, enforce, and administer law

• legislative power

• exectutive power

• judicial power

cetralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency

• presidental government

• Autocracy

• unitary government

• citizen

the majority of the people will be right more often than they will be wrong

• majority rule

• minority rule

• communism

a joining of several groups for a common

• consensus

• free enterprise system

• confederation