American Government Vocab Words: Since we don’t have our textbooks yet-One may use a primary source to look up the meaning for each word. An example would be Dictionary or encyclopedia .com. Principles of Government: 1. Government 2. Legislative power 3. Executive power 4. Judicial power 5. Constitution 6. Dictatorship 7. Democracy 8. State 9. Preamble to the Constitution 10. Sovereign 11. Autocracy 12. Oligarchy 13. Unitary government 14. Federal government 15. Confederation 16. Division of powers 17. Presidential government 18. Parliamentary government 19. Compromise 20. Free enterprise system 21. Law of supply and demand 22. Mixed economy