Government Chapter 1 Vocabulary Words Review

power to rule is held by a small, usually self appointed elite

Body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures and processes of a government

Government in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate, independent, and coequal

Power to make laws and to frame public policies

a form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority

The majority of the people will be right more often than they are wrong, and will be right more often than one person

Power to execute, enforce, and administer laws

A member of state or nation who owes allegiance to it by birth or naturalization and is entitled to full civil rights

a centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency

form of government in which the executive branch is made of the prime minister or premier and that officials cabinet

All of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved

Supreme authority rest with the people

Form of government in which powers are divided between a central government and several local government

Power to interpret laws, to determine meaning and settle disputes that arise within their society

An adjustment of opposing principles or systems by modifying some aspect of each

Joining of several groups for a common purpose

The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

Body of people, living in a define dterritory, organized politically, and with power to make and enforce law

a form of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power

the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographical basis