Politics Keywords

Socialism The left wing conservative Authoritarian

1. ____________________ means controlling everything and forcing people to

obey strict rules and laws
2. ____________________is a political system that aims to create a society in
which everyone has equal opportunities and in which the most important
industries are owned or controlled by the whole community.
3. ____________________: The members of a political organization whose aims
and ideas are considered to be more socialist than the other members, for
example because they believe that property, money, and power should be
shared more equally.
4. A government which is ______________ is not willing to accept much change,
especially in the traditional values of society.

Capitalism Rectitude Fiscal

Social Democracy The right wing

5. ________________: The group within a political party that is considered to be

the most conservative.
6. ______________________: relating to money and financial matters, especially
taxes.
7. ____________________: a very moral and correct way of behaving.
8. ____________________ : an economic system in which property, businesses,
and industry are owned by individual people and not by the government.
9. _____________ _________________ is the belief that society should change
from capitalism to socialism in a gradual, peaceful, and democratic way.

Election Dáil Éireann Coalition Libertarian

10.______________________ is the lower house, but principal chamber, of the

Oireachtas (Irish parliament).
11.______________________ :someone who believes that people should be
allowed to do and think what they want.
 12._______________________: an occasion when people vote for someone to
represent them, especially in a government.
13. ____________________: a temporary union of different political parties that
agree to form a government together.

opposition Parliament trade union rival treaty

14.____________________: an official elected group of people in some countries

who meet to make the laws of the country and discuss national issues.
15.____________________: strong disagreement with a plan or policy, especially
when this is shown in active attempts to prevent something.
16.A ____________________is an official written agreement between two or more
countries.
17.A ____________________ : a person, team, or business that competes with
another.
18. A ____________ ___________ is an organization of workers that aims to
improve pay and conditions of work.

Democracy Reunification Advocate reform

minority government

19. _______________: to publicly support a particular policy or way of doing

things.
20. _____________________ : the process of joining together parts of a country
that were divided so that they form one country again.
21.____________________: a change that is intended to correct a situation that is
wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively.
22._____________________: a system of government in which people vote in
elections to choose the people who will govern them.
23.A ____________________ _____________________ a government in which
the main party has more members than any other single party but not more
members than all the other parties together