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