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