Chapter 7 -

Question 1

Executives

Answer 1

Are government chief officers who make policies agendas, decisions, and implementing polices.

Question 2

Legislators

Answer 2

A group of representatives’ who come together to approve laws that have been debated, amended, or proposed.

Question 3

Separation of Powers

Answer 3

The individual authority held by government branches to keep each other from power abuse.

Question 4

Checks and balances

Answer 4

A specialized power assigned to separate branches of government to prevent them from abusing each other.

Question 5

bicameral/unicameral

Answer 5

Legislative model consisted of two-house or one-house

Question 6

Divided Government

Answer 6

A situation in a separation -of-powers system in which representative branches of government are controlled by different parties.

Question 7

split-ticket voting

Answer 7

A voter can select different parties in the same election.

Question 8

Fusion of Powers

Answer 8

An organized parliamentary government in which the executive depends solely on the support of a legislative majority.

Question 9

Coalition government

Answer 9

A government in a parliamentary system in which the prime minister and cabinet depend on the support of more than one party in the legislature to form a majority.

Question 10

Vote of no confidence

Answer 10

In a parliamentary system, a vote by legislative majority can withdraw its support from the executive.

Question 11

dissolution

Answer 11

If a parliamentary executive decides to deliberately resign, all legislators are required to resign as well, and a new election would take place.