forms of goverment

Question 1

civics

Answer 1

the study of the rights and duties of citizenship.

Question 2

Community

Answer 2

a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.

Question 3

government

Answer 3

the governing body of a nation, state, or community.

Question 4

Direct Democracy

Answer 4

a form of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all those eligible rather than by a body of elected representatives.

Question 5

Representative

Answer 5

typical of a class, group, or body of opinion.

Question 6

Representative Democracy

Answer 6

A representative democracy is a political system in which citizens of a country or other political entity vote for representatives to handle legislation

Question 7

Monarchy

Answer 7

a form of government with a monarch at the head.

Question 8

Oligarchy

Answer 8

a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

Question 9

Majority

Answer 9

the greater number.

Question 10

Minority

Answer 10

the smaller number or part, especially a number that is less than half the whole number.
“harsher measures for the minority of really serious offenders”

Question 11

Autocracy

Answer 11

a system of government by one person with absolute power.

Question 12

Communism

Answer 12

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs

Question 13

Socialism

Answer 13

a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole

Question 14

Totalitarianism

Answer 14

a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

Question 15

Head of Government

Answer 15

The President is both the head of state and head of government of the United States of America

Question 16

Citizen Participation

Answer 16

Citizens have a set of rights and responsibilities, including the right to participate in decisions that affect public welfare. In addition to the intrinsic

Question 17

Legislature

Answer 17

the legislative body of a country or state.

Question 18

Voting

Answer 18

cause (someone) to gain or lose a particular post or honor by means of a vote.
“incompetent judges are voted out of office”

Question 19

Tyranny

Answer 19

cruel and oppressive government or rule.

Question 19

Anarchy

Answer 19

a state of disorder due to the absence or nonrecognition of authority or other controlling systems.