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Chapter 2 Flashcards

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What is popular government?

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A system in which the people participate

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Dictatorship

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The government acts without the people’s consent or input

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Anarchy

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A society in which there is no government

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Monarchy

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A form of government in which a single person, such as a king or queen, is the leader

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What is an autocracy?

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Ruled by one person

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What is direct democracy?

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People that directly effect a governments policies

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What is indirect democracy?

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Representative democracy where people elect others

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What is a republic?

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Supreme power rests with the people

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What is the unitary system of government?

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Governmental power resides in central government, receives power from the people.

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What is the system in which the people elect the chief executive independently of the legislative branch

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Presidential system

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Which system of government are the legislative and executive branches are inseparably linked?

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Parliament

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What is at the heart of American government?

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The constitution

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What is the name for the specific powers the constitution assigns to the national government

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Deligated powers

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What are the three branches of America’s national government?

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Excecutive, legislative, and judicial

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What 2 houses are congress divided into?

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Senate and representatives

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Who is the chief executive officer of the executive branch of government?

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President

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Which branch of government interprets the laws

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Judicial

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What does the constitution establish as the highest court in the land?

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Supreme Court

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What is a dynasty?

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A hereditary line of rulers

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Absolute Monarchs

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Having unlimited power

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Totalitarianism

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Seeking to control every aspect of peoples lives

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Oligarchy

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An elite group that rules

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Popular government

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A system in which the people participate

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Democracy

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Every human has equal worth and rights that must be respected

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What is federalism?

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Divides a nations power between national and regional governments.

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What is a confederate government?

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Regional governments that retain supremacy and delegate few tasks to the national government.

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Who elects the head of the executive branch in the presidential system?

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The people

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How does one become the districts representative in parliament?

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The one with the most votes

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