Europe Government Vocab

A government where political authority rests with a single leader

• autocracy
• demacracy
• oligarchy
• bicameral

Having a legislature divided into an upper and a lower house

• bicameral
• unicameral
• autocracy
• democracy

Title given to the head of government in Germany

• chancellor
• president
• prime minister
• head of state

A government where political authority rests with a nation’s citizens

• democracy
• oligarchy
• bicameral
• autocracy

An organization which represents a specific political agenda and socioeconomic positions within a given nation

• political party
• oligarchy
• bicameral
• head of state

Title often given to the head of government (and state) in a presidential democracy

• president
• prime minister
• head of state
• chancellor

Title often given to the head of government in a parliamentary democracy

• prime minister
• head of state
• chancellor
• president

Common name given to the legislature in a parliamentary democracy

• parliament
• unicameral
• bicameral
• autocracy

Official representative of a nation with very little power.

• Head of State
• chancellor
• president
• prime minister

Head of government who holds a great deal of power and manages day-to-day activities.

• Chief Executive
• chancellor
• president
• prime minister