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unit 2 Gov. words
vocab
Term | Definition |
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Legislature | The law of making a body of a goverment |
Dictatorship | A form of government |
Prime Minister | The head of government in a Parliamentary |
Monarchy | Ruled by a king or queen |
Presidential Democracy | A system of government in which the president is directly elected by the citizens |
Democracy | A country or nation that receives its power from the people |
Parliamentary democracy | executive power is vested in a legislature. the legislature selects the executive branch. |
Autocratic | one person possesses unlimited government power |
head of state | ceremonial position with unlimited government power |
head of government | leader of government with the most influence and power |
executive | branch of government responsible for carrying out the laws |
personal freedom | basic rights that include the right to vote,equal rights and freedom of the press speech and religion |