Winter Break Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Measures the income or wealth distribution of a nation's residents
  2. 8. In this form of democracy, the people control the government through elected representatives
  3. 11. A rating that assesses the condition of political rights and civil liberties around the world
  4. 14. Refers to a specific branch of government which consists of two legislative chambers or houses
  5. 16. The lessening of government regulations and restrictions in an economy in exchange for greater participation by private entities
  6. 19. The restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws
  7. 20. A type of government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people
  8. 22. A lifelong process by which people form their ideas about politics and acquire political values
  9. 23. Politics and decision making influenced heavily by certain organizations/groups.
  10. 24. When two major political parties dominate the government
  11. 26. A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision
  12. 27. Production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government in this type of economy
  13. 28. Large interest groups controls a state or organization here
  14. 29. Representatives/decision makers are selected on the basis of their expertise in their areas of responsibility, particularly scientific knowledge
  15. 30. A sovereign state is governed as a single entity in this system
Down
  1. 1. Duties of this position include implementing laws, supervising bureaucracy, and making all-important decisions with the approval of the cabinet
  2. 2. Prevents any one branch from exerting too much power
  3. 4. Parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them in this electoral system
  4. 5. Refers to a specific branch of government which consists of only one legislative chamber or house
  5. 6. A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
  6. 7. Power is divided between a strong national government and smaller local governments in this system
  7. 9. Connects people to the government in a society
  8. 10. A large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular state or territory
  9. 12. Citizens are cut off from knowledge about the activities of those who exercise real power because of the lack of civil liberties in this form of democracy
  10. 13. Represent a generic form of the way human beings organize their society and govern
  11. 15. A nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government
  12. 17. Society considered as a community of citizens linked by common interests and collective activity
  13. 18. The citizens' faith and trust in government and their belief that they can understand and influence political affairs
  14. 21. In this form of democracy, it is the people who decide on policy initiatives directly
  15. 24. Government's obligation to share information with citizens
  16. 25. The person who holds the highest position in a national government