Democratic Governments (25.1)

House of Commons

Great Britain's primary law making body

Prime Minister

House of Commons majority party leader

Premier

appointed by the French President, helps maintain contact with the Legislative Branch

Presidential Government

form of democratic government in which a president heads the executive branch. U.S and France are examples

Parliamentary Government

form of government in which executive and legislative functions both reside in an elected assembly, or parliament

Consolidated Democracies

nation that has democratic elections, political parties, constitutional government, an independent judiciary, and usually a market economy

Apartheid

strict segregation of the races, South Africa had to overcome this before it became a democracy

Economic Sanctions

technique used by the U.S applied on South Africa to end Apartheid

National Diet

Japan's two house parliament

ANC

South Africa Black nationalist group