Basic Government Vocabulary:

Governement Leaders:

President- noun 
1	the official leader of government, in charge of enforcing the laws:

Prime Minister- noun 
1	the chief minister and leader of the government in some countries that have a Parliamentary system of government.  In charge of enforcing and making laws.

King/Queen- noun
1	RULER a man or woman who is the ruler of a country because he/she is from a royal family :

Dictator- noun
1	a ruler who has complete power over a country, especially when their power has been gained by force:

Government Law Makers:

Congress- noun 
1	the group of people chosen or elected to make the laws in some countries
AKA: National Assemby (France), Duma (Russia), Parliament (United Kingdom)

Government Types:

Monarchy- noun plural: monarchies
1	the system in which a country is ruled by a king or queen

Democracy- noun plural: democracies
1	a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials and make decisions for how the country should be run.

Republic- noun 
1	a country governed by elected representatives of the people, and led by a president, not a king or queen.  Elected representatives then make decisions for the country.

Parliamentary Government- noun
1	government ruled by a group of people elected to make and enforce laws

Dictatorship-  noun
1	 government by a ruler who in not a member of the nobility (a king or queen), but has complete power:

Oligarchy- noun
1	government or control by a small group of people who are not of noble birth, usually these people are merchants.

Aristocracy- noun plural: aristocracies
1	 the system in which a country is governed by the people of the highest social class, the nobility

Theocracy- noun 
a government, social system or state controlled by religious leaders

Economic/Political Systems:

Capitalism- noun
1	an economic and political system in which businesses belong mostly to private owners, not to the government 

Socialism-noun 
1	an economic and political system in which large industries are owned by the government, and taxes are used to take some wealth away from richer citizens and give it to poorer citizens

Communism- noun
1	a political system in which the government controls the production of all food and goods, and there is no privately owned property

Fascism- noun 
1	an extreme political system in which people's lives are completely controlled by the state and no political opposition is allowed