Government Flashcards
What supreme is held by the people who elected representatives?
Republic
What modern democratic nations practice is a form of what?
Democracy
Ancient Greece was runned by
Direct Democracy
A system of government in which priests rule.
Theocracy
The democracy where representatives acted on behalf of citizens in a parliament.
Indirect Democracy
A small group of people where in charge.
Oligarchy
Has no sharing power with other authorities
Dictatorship
The monarch holds total control over the country
Absolute Monarchy
One political party is in power, and people are forced to do what the government tells them.
Totalitarian
a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority
constitutional Monarchy
a state of disorder due to absence or non recognition of authority or other controlling systems.
Anarchy
A sovereign territory with one group of individuals who share a common history.
Nation-state
Legislative—Makes laws (Congress, comprised of the House of Representatives and Senate) Executive—Carries out laws (president, vice president, Cabinet, most federal agencies) Judicial—Evaluates laws (Supreme Court and other courts)
What are the roles of Government? To make and enforce laws, protect people and to provide public services
The Federal Government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the Federal courts, respectively.
What three powers do all governments have? Make Laws, enforce laws and judiciary power (alter laws.
A presidential system, or single executive system, is a form of government in which a head of government, typically with the title of presiden
Presidential Democracy
