Term |
Definition |
Autocracy |
A government where political authority rests with a single leader |
Democracy |
A government where political authority rest with the nations citizens |
Executive |
Head of Government/Head of State |
President |
Title often given to the head of the Government (State) in a Presidential Democracy |
Prime Minister/Chancellor |
Title often given to the head of the Government in a Parliamentary Government |
Legislature |
Law – Making Body |
Bi – Cameral |
Having a legislature divided into an upper and lower house |
Presidential Democracy |
Elect both members of the Legislative Branch and Executive Branch |
Parliamentary Democracy |
Citizens to Legislative Branch then members of Legislative Branch select the head of state in the Executive Branch |
Political Party |
Organization which represents specific political ideas in a given country |
United Kingdom |
Prime Minister |
Russia |
President |
Germany |
Chacellor |