Chapter 1: Politics Flashcards
Constitutional Monarchy
A system of government where the head f state is a monarch but is only there for ceremonial or traditional reasons. They have limited or no power and the nation is governed by the people.
Republic
A system of government where there is no monarch as the head of state. Leadership is not gained by succession and head of state is elected.
Dictatorship
A system of governments where a leader forces their way into power and stays in power by force or with the assistance of secret police. The public has only one duty - to obey the Dictator governs all the laws and decides all the rules.
Communist State
A system of government where there is not one political party and the government owns all private poverty and businesses.
Example of a Republic
USA and India
Example of a Constitutional Monarchy
Australia and Britain
Example of a Dictatorship.
Germany (pre WW2 with Adolf Hitler)
Libya
Example of a Communist State
USSR
union, soviet, socialist, republics.
Absolute Monarchy
A state of government where there is one monarch as a he’d of state who has absolute power over a whole country. Leadership is gained by succession/heritage.
Example of an absolute monarchy
Queen Elizabeth I
Democracy
A state of government where the nation is governed by the people. Elections happen periodically. Republic and Constitutional Monarchies can be democracies.
Examples of democracies.
Australia and the USA
Constitution
A document which outlines how a country will be governed.
Coalition
When two or more parties decide to work together and vote together.
Example of a Coalition
ALP-Greens Party
Opposition
The party that gains the 2nd highest number of votes.
Example of a opposition.
The Liberal Party
Referendum.
A special one-off vote on a single national issue.
Example of a referendum
Aboriginal Rights
Federal System
A system where individual states have power of their own but are collector under one government that had ultimate power.
The three branches.
Legislative, Judicial and Executive.
Legislative
Makes laws
Parliament House
Judicial
Interprets
