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Government/Civics PRAXIS Review - Coggle Diagram
Government/Civics PRAXIS Review
Government
3 Branches of Government
Executive - consists of the President, his or her advisors and various departments and agencies. This branch is responsible for enforcing the laws of the land
President - The head of state and head of government of the United States of America, and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
Vice President - Other than to succeed to the presidency upon the death or resignation of a president, a vice president's only constitutional duty is to preside over the senate.
Judicial - evaluates laws
Supreme Court Justice - The ability of the Court to declare a Legislative or Executive act in violation of the Constitution, is not found within the text of the Constitution itself
Chief Justice - The presiding judge in the Supreme Court of the United States and the highest judicial officer of the nation. The chief justice is appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate and has life tenure.
Legislative - responsible for making laws within a country
Congress - The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
House of Representatives - makes and passes federal laws. The House is one of Congress's two chambers (the other is the U.S. Senate), and part of the federal government's legislative branch.
Senate - The upper house of the United States Congress, which is a small group of elected people who decide the laws of the country. Every U.S. state elects two people to represent them in the US Senate.
Bicameral - Congress has two houses: the House of Representative and the Senate
The structures and processes a group of people observe in determining who has power, what choices to make, and what rules to follow and enforce.
Forms of Government
Parliamentary Systems - Democratic form of government in which the party (or a coalition of parties) with the greatest representation in the parliament (legislature) forms the government, its leader becoming prime minister or chancellor.
Federalism - A system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government. Generally, an overarching national government is responsible for broader governance of larger territorial areas, while the smaller subdivisions, states, and cities govern the issues of local concern.
Oligarchy: A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
Monarchy: A form of government in which the supreme power is held by one person, either officially or ceremonially.
Democracy: a form of government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free elections.
Dictatorship: Form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.
Civics
The role of the individual in government. Your rights and responsibilities as a citizen (jury duty, paying taxes, obeying laws, etc.)
Political Science
The study of politics and power from domestic, international, and comparative perspectives.