Government Flashcards
Citizenship?
Having rights, duties and responsibilities as a member of a state of nation.
Government?
a system by which a group of people makes the laws that are enforced to guide the affairs of a community.
Society?
a group of interacting people who share a community.
Authoritarian?
a form of decision making or a government system in which one person or a small group holds all power (dictatorship).
Democratic?
a form of decision making in which all group members have a vote.
Consensus?
a group decision reached through discussion to which all members agree.
Politics?
a human activity in which opposing individuals or groups mobilize support to obtain power to govern.
Power?
the ability of an individual or group to get what it wants.
Common good?
a decision that benefits all (or most) people in a community or society.
Rule of Law?
the principle that government and all people must obey the law.
Direct Democracy?
where citizens directly make the laws themselves.
Representative Democracy?
a democracy in which citizens periodically elect others to represent them in government.
Self-government?
a group or nation’s power to administer its own government.
Executive?
The branch that carries out the business of government
Legislative?
The branch of government that makes laws.
