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Chapter 3 Flashcards

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How do a pure democracy and a republic differ?

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pure democracy deals directly with the public by gatherings to talk about the current government. A republic government also is governed by the people but instead of everyone talking together, the people choose representatives on their behalf.

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What three categories do scholars use to classify governments

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The system of government that are used, the relationship between the levels of the governments, methods of electing the executive

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On what do dictatorships rely for power?

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Fear and military power

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Which types of government described in this section best describe the United States?

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Democratic republic , federalism, presidential system.

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Who chooses the executive head in the parliamentary system?

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The majority party in the legislature appoints the executive head

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List the three levels of American government.

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National, state, and local

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List the three branches of the national government.

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Legislative, executive, and judicial

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What powers are reserved to the states

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Powers not delegated to the national government or prohibited to the states.

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What are the responsibilities of the national government?

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Legislative - makes the laws
Executive- enforces the laws
Judicial- interpret the laws

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What are the different levels of local government?

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Counties and municipality

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System in which people participate

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Popular government

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When people directly affect the governments policies and actions

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Direct democracy

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When the supreme power rests in people and their elected representatives or offices

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Republic

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When the people elect their peers to operate the government on their behalf

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Indirect democracy

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When the governments acts without the people’s consent or input

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Dictatorship

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When absolute power which resides in the ruling class

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Totalitarianism

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Ruled by one person

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Autocracy

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Elite group of rulers

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Oligarchy

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An absence of government

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Anarchy

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When the government resides on the center also government. It also receives its power by people. What country represents this

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Unitary system, France

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Divides a nations power national, region, and local government . What country represents this

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Federalism, United States

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When regional governments retain supreme delegated few tasks to the national governments. What country

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Confederate government. EU

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When the People directly elect the president.

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Presidential system

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When the legislative has separates houses

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Bicameral

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When the legislative is made up of one house

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Unicameral

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When the executive and legislative branches are inseparably linked

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Parliamentary system

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The chief officer of the executive branch

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Governor

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Powers given to the national government by the Constitution that define the limits of its authority

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Delegated powers

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A political subdivision of a county

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Townships

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At the federal level, the legislative branch of American government

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Congress

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independent of the city and county, especially established to provide government functions on the local level

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Special districts

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The lower house in Congress, representation is based on state population

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House of Representatives

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Process by which a state establishes a city as a legal government body by giving it a charter establishing the parameters in which it can operate

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Incorporation

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Higher house in Congress; representation is equal for each state

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Senate

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A document that establishes a city’s name and serves as its constitution

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Charter

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protects the states’ powers from federal domination in the Tenth Amendment.

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Reserved powers

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every citizen of the United States en- joys the rights and privi- leges of citizenship.

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The fourteenth amendment

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African American are able to vote

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Fifteenth amendment

39
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Women’s vote

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Nineteenth amendment

40
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No poll tax

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Twenty fourth amendment

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Voting age to eighteen

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Twenty sixth amendment

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