US GOVERNMENT STUDY MATERIAL

Rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people. The people have no voice in what happens to them.

A single person holds all power in a government.

Supreme rule rest with the people. Majority wins.

A form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and of that official's cabinet.

Joining of several groups for a common purpose.

The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

A form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate, independent, and coequal.

The belief that god grants authority to a government.

A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency with certain powers being delegated to local government.

Form of government in which the powers are divided between a central government and several local government.

Supreme power within its own territory, neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority.

A form of government in which the power is held by small, usually self-appointed, elite group.