Government Vocab

6. an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
7. an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits
12. assembly of the representatives of a political nation or people
13. government by a dictator.
14. a governing system in which a single central government has total power over all of its other political subdivisions
16. an organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league
17. All power in the government is vested in Congress
18. the power “of a court to decide and pronounce a judgment and carry it into effect
19. composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial

1. a system of government by one person with absolute power
2. the legislative branch (makes the law), the executive branch (enforces the law), and the judicial branch (interprets the law)
3. a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution
4. An aggregate of fundamental principles used to determine how that entity is to be governed.
5. a system of government by the whole population through elected representatives
8. the system to govern a state or community
9. possessing supreme or ultimate power.
10. a government or politically organized society having a particular character
11. the Commander in Chief authority, power to require written opinions from heads of executive departments, and the pardon power
15. the principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based