Statistics for Political Vocab

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The branch of the government that passes laws	Legislative	86%
The title of the head of government of the USA	President	69%
An economic system that is characterised by government or social control or ownership of property	Socialism	66%
The document which lays out the most fundamental tenets, principles, limitations and functions of the state	Constitution	59%
The branch of the government that rules on whether laws have been applied and followed correctly	Judicial	55%
A political ideology that believes in the lack, or effective irrelevance of government and other hierarchies	Anarchy	52%
A state or nation with a government that officially derives its power from the people (as opposed to derivation from the divine, a foreign authority, etc.)	Republic	52%
A government that does not hold all power centrally; the opposite of unitary	Federal	41%
A person appointed for permanent diplomatic communication between states, based from or associated with an embassy	Ambassador	34%
A system of inheritance, often used in hereditary monarchies, by which the oldest (usually male) child of the previous incumbent or owner is the preferred inheritor	Primogeniture	24%
A legislature that has only one house would be called this	Unicameral	24%
A voting system in which power is allocated simply to whatever party or candidate received the most votes	First past the post	21%
A maturing security, or loan, given by a member of the public to the government	Government bond	21%
The most serious type of offence in most common law jurisdictions, and which may entitle the accused to a trial by jury	Indictable	21%
The authority and right of imperial Chinese governments to rule, said to be granted or rescinded by the gods	Mandate of Heaven	21%
A direct vote conducted across all enfranchised members of a state to vote on an issue, proposal or decision that may not be passed by the government alone	Referendum	17%
The symbol and embodiment of government on behalf of the monarchy in Commonwealth realms, and the name of the British monarchy's corporation	The Crown	17%
A system of codified law that is applied directly, without regard for precedent	Civil	14%
A feature of voting systems that ensures that submitted votes are anonymous and cannot be traced or recognised	Secret ballot	14%
A system of government in which non-elected state officials make decisions and administrate	Bureaucracy	7%
The power of the state to exercise exclusive legal control over its currency	Monetary sovereignty	7%