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Unit 2 Gov. Words
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Legislature | The law making body of goverment |
| Dictatorship | A form of Goverment in which the political power is held by a self appointed ruler |
| Prime minister | The head of goverment in a parlementary democracy |
| Monarchy | Ruled by a king or queen |
| Presidential democracy | A system of in which the predents is directly elected by the citizens |
| Democracy | A country or nation that recives its power from the people |
| Parliamentary democracy | Excutive power is vested in a legisitiveure,The legisture selects the excutive branch |
| Autocratic | One person posses unlimited goverment power |
| Head of state | Ceremonial position with limited goverment power; often resertive for a monarh |
| Head of goverment | Leader of goverment with the most influsented and power |
| Exectutive | Branch of goverment responsitive for carrying out the laws |
| Personal freedom | basic rights given to citicens that include the right to vote,equal rights and freedom of the press,spech,and religon |