17 terms
jamescoutureTEACHER
Government and States unit vocabulary - JC
annex
to add or incorporate a territory to an existing state
bureaucracy (AKA civil service)
a body of non-elected government officials who manage the affairs of the government; the pencil-pushers who do the basic work of government
centralized government
When the capital city or the executive controls all of a country and every other part of the state is controlled by them
citizen
a member of a particular state or nation who is entitled to full rights awarded by the government
despotism
exercising absolute power, especially in a cruel or oppressive way
executive
person or branch of government responsible for putting policies or laws into effect
federal
system of government where states form a union but remain independent for internal affairs
judicial
branch of government responsible for interpreting laws and administering justice
ideology
An organized body of thought, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political practice and policy.
legislative
branch of government responsible for writing and voting on laws
Non-Governmental Organization
Private groups that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, human rights, environmental, and other areas to bring changes. These groups are not directly controlled or created by any official state or any official political organization.
partisanship
prejudice in favor of a cause; a political situation where people are strongly divided into opposing camps
sovereignty
the authority of a state or person to govern themselves
state
a nation or territory organized as part of a political unit under one government
subject
a person with responsibilities in a state who has no rights or very limited rights
territory
an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state; an organized division of a country that is not yet admitted to the full rights of a state or province.
tyranny
government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler who often has some element of popular support; cruel and oppressive governing