Civics and Citizenship Vocabulary Sheet

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  1. 1. The process whereby voters decide who will represent them in the Parliament.
  2. 5. The legislative branch of government in countries that come from the British Westminster tradition (e.g., Australia).
  3. 9. Upper House/ the house of review
  4. 10. A political party that competes to form government
  5. 11. The head of government (the Cabinet, or executive branch).
  6. 12. A system of government where ‘representatives’ (e.g., members of Parliament) are elected by voters to make decisions and create laws on their behalf. Also called ‘indirect democracy’.
  7. 13. The institutions that a society has to create laws, apply laws and enforce laws.
  8. 14. A geographic area which is represented by one member of Parliament.
  9. 16. A system of government where voters have a direct input on government decisions and/or laws. This is usually only found at a small scale (e.g., village government) or in special circumstances (e.g.. plebiscites).
  10. 17. The principle that decisions are made by the majority.
  11. 18. An association of individuals or organisations, that attempt to influence public policy in its favour.
  12. 19. The opposite of a 'rigged’ or ‘façade’ election.
  13. 20. systems A system of government where citizens do not have a say in how government is run and do not decide who forms the government. Usually, these countries also suppress individual rights.
  14. 21. When a party or coalition, which does not have a majority of seats in its own right (76) in the House of Representatives
  15. 22. The ‘lower house’ of Parliament, usually dominated by two major parties
Down
  1. 2. The largest non-government political party in the lower house becomes the ______
  2. 3. A situation in the Senate where no one political party (or coalition) controls more than half the seats.
  3. 4. A Parliament divided into two chambers (in Australia this is the House of Representatives and the Senate).
  4. 6. Describes all channels of communication, including everything from printed paper to digital data.
  5. 7. A member of Parliament who does not belong to a political party.
  6. 8. A political party that regularly wins a few seats in Parliament, but not enough that it can form government.
  7. 11. An election system where voters order their choices in order from most to least desired.
  8. 15. Unwritten rules that help explain how our system of government operates.